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Director:
James Fargo
Writers:
James Michener (novel)
Nancy Voyles Crawford (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
2 November 1978 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Adventure See more »
Tagline:
The Power, the Sweep, the Spectacle of James Michener's Epic Desert Adventure!
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. See more »
User Reviews:
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Cast

  (in credits order)

Anthony Quinn ... Zulffiqar

Michael Sarrazin ... Mark Miller

Christopher Lee ... Sardar Khan

Jennifer O'Neill ... Ellen Jasper

Joseph Cotten ... Crandall

Behrouz Vossoughi ... Nazrullah
Barry Sullivan ... Richardson
Jeremy Kemp ... Dr. Smythe
Duncan Quinn ... Moheb
Behrouz Gramian ... Peasant Boy (as Behrooz Gueramian)
Mohamad Ali Keshavarz ... Shakkur
Parviz Gharib-Afshar ... Nur Mohammad
Fahimeh Amouzandeh ... Mira
Mohammad Kahnemout ... Maftoon (as Mohammad Taghi Kahnemout)
Khosrow Tabatabai ... Dancing Boy
Susan Vaziri ... Racha
Parviz Jafari ... Capt. Majid
Mohammad Poursattar ... Mullah 1
Djamshid Sadri ... Mullah 3
Hamid Lighvani ... Mullah 2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shahnaz Pakravan
Bozorgmehr Rafia
James Fargo ... Arab (uncredited)
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Directed by
James Fargo 
 
Writing credits
James Michener (novel)

Nancy Voyles Crawford (screenplay) &
Thomas A. McMahon (screenplay) and
Lorraine Williams (screenplay)

Produced by
Elmo Williams .... producer
 
Original Music by
Mike Batt 
 
Cinematography by
Douglas Slocombe 
 
Film Editing by
Richard Marden 
 
Art Direction by
Ted Tester 
Peter Williams 
 
Costume Design by
Renié  (as Renie Conley)
 
Makeup Department
Poory Broumand .... hair stylist
George Frost .... makeup artist
Mike Jones .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Heinrich Engler .... assistant production manager
Elahe Joubin .... production manager
Konstantin Thoeren .... production supervisor
Maurice Vaccarino .... production manager
Stacy Williams .... unit manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gerry Gavigan .... second assistant director
Bozorgmehr Rafia .... first assistant director
Anthony Waye .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Denis Butler .... construction manager
Jack Towns .... property master
 
Sound Department
Peter Davies .... sound recordist (as Peter T. Davies)
Gerry Humphreys .... dubbing mixer (as Gerry Humphries)
Mike Le Mare .... sound editor
Charlie McFadden .... boom operator (as Charles McFadden)
 
Special Effects by
Karl Baumgartner .... special effects
Karl-Heinz Bochnig .... special effects (uncredited)
 
Stunts
John Sullivan .... stunt coordinator
Jack Cooper .... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Powell .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Clarson .... best boy electric: Iran
Tony Cridlin .... key grip
Ahmad Ebrahimi .... assistant camera: second unit
Mikey Finch .... clapper loader
Gordon Meagher .... camera operator: second unit
Barry Miller .... chief electrician
Robin Vidgeon .... assistant camera
Chic Waterson .... camera operator
George Whitear .... still photographer
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Minou Haagstrom .... assistant costume designer
Hossein Mirkiani .... tailor
Brian Owen-Smith .... wardrobe master
Philippe Pickford .... wardrobe master
 
Editorial Department
Roy Birchley .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Trudy von Trotha .... script supervisor
 

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Runtime:
127 min
Country:
USA | Iran
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Argentina:18 | Finland:K-16 | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Baluchistan, Iran
Company:
FIDCISee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
The final cinema film of Barry Sullivan.See more »
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Lionpower from MGM (1967)See more »

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8 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
Watched it being filmed, 18 July 2005
Author: PTCfromDE from Santa Barbara, CA

I actually watched this movie being filmed while living in Isfahan, Iran in the last 1970s. My father worked for an American company, and I was in high school---there were actually 10,000 Americans living in Isfahan, (including families with children) before the revolution got underway and the evacuations of non-essential personnel started.

I haven't seen the movie since the time it first came out, but I do remember that (a) the score was quite good (b) although the plot of the original Michener novel dealt with Afghanistan, and although the adaptation may have put the "location" of the action near the Pakistani border, the filming of exterior sequences took place within an hour's drive of Isfahan, VERY far from the Pakistani border.

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