# The Wind and the Lion (1975)

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**Runtime**: 119 min
**Genres**: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
**Directed by**: John Milius
**Written by**: John Milius
**Starring**: Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, John Huston, Geoffrey Lewis, Steve Kanaly

> *Between the wind and the lion is the woman. For her, half the world may go to war.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You negotiate with tribal warlords on the edge of a Saharan storm. A widowed American mother’s children ride alongside the riders who took her. Gunboats idle off Tangier as tribal drums pace the desert night. The film finds the fleeting moment when honor and empire collide without declaring a winner.

**Mood tags**: epic, outsider

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