Lawrence of Arabia
- Release Date
- December 11, 1962
- Director
- David Lean
- Cast
- Peter O'Toole , Alec Guinness , Anthony Quinn , Jack Hawkins , Omar Sharif , Jose Ferrer
- Runtime
- 227
- Main Genre
- Adventure
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
- Writers
- T.E. Lawrence , Robert Bolt , Michael Wilson
- Tagline
- A Mighty Motion Picture Of Action And Adventure!
Summary
An inordinately complex man who has been labeled everything from hero, to charlatan, to sadist, Thomas Edward Lawrence blazed his way to glory in the Arabian desert, then sought anonymity as a common soldier under an assumed name. The story opens with the death of Lawrence in a motorcycle accident in London at the age of 47, then flashbacks to recount his adventures: as a young intelligence officer in Cairo in 1916, he is given leave to investigate the progress of the Arab revolt against the Turks in World War I. In the desert, he organizes a guerrilla army and--for two years--leads the Arabs in harassing the Turks with desert raids, train-wrecking and camel attacks. Eventually, he leads his army northward and helps a British General destroy the power of the Ottoman Empire.
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