Between the wind and the lion is the woman. For her, half the world may go to war.


The Wind and the Lion is a 1975 adventure film. It was written and directed by John Milius and starred Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith and John Huston. It was based somewhat on the real-life Perdicaris incident of 1904.
This movie blends historic facts into a violent fictional adventure in which an American woman, Eden Pedecaris (played by Bergen), and her two children are kidnapped by Berber brigand Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli (Connery), prompting U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (Keith) to send an armed invasion and rescue mission to Morocco. (The real Perdicaris incident involved the kidnapping of a middle-aged man and his stepson, who were not harmed.)
The film was the first co-production between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (which managed U.S. distribution through United Artists) and Columbia Pictures (which managed international distribution). Coincidentally, Columbia's current parent company Sony Pictures Entertainment currently owns some of MGM, although the U.S. rights to this film are now with Warner Bros./Turner Entertainment.


intervention by President Theodore Roosevelt, which was never carried out. In The Wind and the Lion, the unattractive male captive is replaced by the gorgeous female Mrs. Pedecaris, an American widow played by Candice Bergen. The ruthless but essentially decent Arab chief Raisuli is portrayed by Sean Connery, while Teddy Roosevelt is depicted as a jingoistic blowhard by


Release Date: May 22, 1975 @ the Radio City Music Hall

Distrib: MGM