Lawrence of Arabia

Year

1962

Genres

Adventure, War

Director

David Lean

Cast

Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, José Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Wolfit

Plot

A biography of T.E.Lawrence. The young lieutenant Lawrence (Peter O'Toole ) manages to get a job as an observer with Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness), the leader of an Arab tribal army. Lawrence decides to stay and help Feisal, uniting the warring Arab factions into a strong guerrilla front. He leads them to brilliant victories in desert battlefields where they eventually defeat the ruling Turkish empire. His adventures are detailed by Jackson Bentley (Arthur Kennedy), a journalist.