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Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Beverly Johnson, Omar Sharif, Kabir Bedi ... see more see more... , Rex Harrison , William Holden , Zia Mohyeddin , Winston Ntshona , Tariq Yunus , Tyrone Jackson , Jean-Luc Bideau , Johnny Sekka

Released simply as Ashanti, this search-and-rescue film was adapted by scenarist Stephen Geller (Slaughterhouse-Five) from Evano, a novel by Alberto Vasques-Figueroa. Odious middle-eastern slave trade... read more read more...r Peter Ustinov sets the plot in motion by kidnapping Beverly Johnson, the wife of World Health Organization doctor Michael Caine. As Johnson is subjected to the basest of humiliations, Caine joins forces with soldier-of-fortune Rex Harrison, pilot William Holden and nomad Kabir Bedi to rescue his wife. Shiek Omar Sharif purchases Johnson, clearing the decks for an all-stops-out action finale. Aldo Tonti lensed the picture. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 57 min.

Directed by: Richard Fleischer

Release Date: March 9, 1979

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DVD Release Date: September 27, 2005

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  • garyX
    January 9, 2007
    garyX
    Melodramatic and episodic Mills and Boon-esque nonsense populated entirely with racial stereotypes. Horribly dated and overblown 70s tosh.

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