---
title: 'Ashanti (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Fleischer'
released: '1979-02-21'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ashanti-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078801/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ashanti (1979)

1979 · 118 min · Action, Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

Ashanti is a 1979 action adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, Beverly Johnson, Omar Sharif, Rex Harrison, and William Holden. It is based on the 1974 novel Ébano by Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa, with a screenplay written by Stephen Geller and an uncredited George MacDonald Fraser. The story is set against the background of modern-day slave trading, with Dr. David Linderby, a man who determinedly takes on a perilous journey in order to find his beautiful wife Anansa, who has been kidnapped by brutal slave traders.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Fleischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-fleischer)
- **Screenplay:** [Stephen Geller](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-geller)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mike Melvoin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-melvoin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Aldo Tonti](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-tonti)
- **Editor:** [Ernest Walter](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-walter)

## Cast

- [Marne Maitland](https://cinepixo.com/people/marne-maitland)
- [Beverly Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/beverly-johnson)
- [Winston Ntshona](https://cinepixo.com/people/winston-ntshona)
- [Peter Ustinov](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-ustinov)
- [Jean-Luc Bideau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-luc-bideau)
- [Zia Mohyeddin](https://cinepixo.com/people/zia-mohyeddin)
- [Michael Caine](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-caine)
- [Rex Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-harrison)
- [Eric Pohlmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-pohlmann)
- [Johnny Sekka](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-sekka)
- [Robert Riettii](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-riettii)
- [Omar Sharif](https://cinepixo.com/people/omar-sharif)
- [Akosua Busia](https://cinepixo.com/people/akosua-busia)
- [Kabir Bedi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kabir-bedi)
- [William Holden](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-holden)

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