Lion of the Desert

Anthony Quinn

Omar al-Mukhtar

Oliver Reed

General Rodolfo Graziani

Irene Papas

Mabrouka

Raf Vallone

Colonel Diodiece

Rod Steiger

Benito Mussolini

John Gielgud

Sharif El Gariani

Andrew Keir

Salem

Gastone Moschin

Major Tomelli

Stefano Patrizi

Lieutenant Sandrini

Adolfo Lastretti

Colonel Sarsani

Sky du Mont

Prince Amadeo

Şahin Çelik

Prince Amadeo (voice)

Takis Emmanuel

Bu-Matari

Rodolfo Bigotti

Ismail

Robert Brown

Al Fadeel

Eleonora Stathopoulou

Ali's Mother

Luciano Bartoli

Captain Lontano

Claudio Gora

President of Court

Giordano Falzoni

Judge at Camp

Franco Fantasia

Governor General

Ihab Werfali

Ali

Ewen Solon

Italian Tank Commander

Loris Bazzocchi

Alec Mango

Filippo De Gara

George Sweeney

Captain Biagi

Luciano Catenacci

Italian Sergeant

Victor Baring

Pietro Brambilla

Young Soldier

Pietro Tordi

Field Marshal

Massimiliano Baratta

Capture Captain

Mario Feliciani

Lobitto

Gianfranco Barra

Abdul

Piero Gerlini

Barillo

Lino Capolicchio

Captain Bedendo

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

Mario Adorf

(uncredited)

Fernando Arcangeli

Officer at Trial (uncredited)

Rossana Canghiari

Woman at Italian Military Ball (uncredited)

Mark Colleano

Infantry Corporal (uncredited)

Adriana Colombo

Woman at Italian Military Ball (uncredited)

Tom Felleghy

Italian General (uncredited)

Alfonso Giganti

Military Judge (uncredited)

Mark Lewis

Arab (uncredited)

Ettore Martini

General (uncredited)

Vittorio Parziali

Military Judge (uncredited)

Lorenzo Piani

Prisoner Escort Guard (uncredited)

Angelo Ragusa

Arab Caught in Barbed Wire (uncredited)

Gianni Rizzo

Man in War Room (uncredited)

Amedeo Salamon

Man Watching Trail (uncredited)

Moustapha Akkad

Director, Producer

David Butler

Writer

H.A.L. Craig

Writer

Mohammad Sanousi

Producer