---
title: 'The Wind and the Lion (1975)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Milius'
released: '1975-05-22'
runtime_minutes: 119
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-wind-and-the-lion-1975'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073906/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Wind and the Lion (1975)

1975 · PG · 119 min · Action, Adventure, History · United States


## Synopsis

The Wind and the Lion is a 1975 American epic historical adventure film written and directed by John Milius, and starring Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, and John Huston. The film is loosely based on the real-life Perdicaris affair of 1904. Connery plays Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli, a Moroccan Berber rebel and anti-imperialist leader, and Bergen plays his American hostage Eden Pedecaris, a fictional character inspired by Ion Hanford Perdicaris.

## Credits

- **Director of Photography:** [Billy Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-williams)
- **Director:** [John Milius](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-milius)
- **Screenplay:** [John Milius](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-milius)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Goldsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-goldsmith)
- **Producer:** [Herb Jaffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/herb-jaffe), [Phil Rawlins](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-rawlins)
- **Editor:** [Robert L. Wolfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-l-wolfe)

## Cast

- [Ricardo Palacios](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricardo-palacios)
- [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston)
- [Nadim Sawalha](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadim-sawalha)
- [Candice Bergen](https://cinepixo.com/people/candice-bergen)
- [Roy Jenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-jenson)
- [Billy Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-williams)
- [Steve Kanaly](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-kanaly)
- [Aldo Sambrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-sambrell)
- [Brian Keith](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-keith)
- [Geoffrey Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-lewis)
- [Antoine Saint-John](https://cinepixo.com/people/antoine-saint-john)
- [Sean Connery](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-connery)

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