The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
Peter O'Toole | Lawrence | |
Alec Guinness | Prince Faisal | |
Anthony Quinn | Auda Abu Tayi | |
Jack Hawkins | General Edmund Allenby | |
Omar Sharif | Sherif Ali | |
José Ferrer | Turkish Bey | |
Anthony Quayle | Colonel Brighton | |
Claude Rains | Mr. Dryden | |
Arthur Kennedy | Jackson Bentley | |
Donald Wolfit | General Archibald Murray | |
I.S. Johar | Gasim | |
Gamil Ratib | Majid | |
Michel Ray | Farraj | |
John Dimech | Daud | |
Zia Mohyeddin | Tafas | |
Howard Marion-Crawford | Medical Officer | |
Jack Gwillim | Club Secretary | |
Hugh Miller | R.A.M.C. Colonel | |
John Barry | MP in Map Room | |
Bruce Beeby | Captain at Officer's Club | |
Fred Bennett | Sergeant at Cairo Headquarters | |
John Bennett | Arab Sheik | |
Steve Birtles | Motor Bike Rider | |
Robert Bolt | Officer with Pipe Gazing at Lawrence | |
Peter Burton | Sheik in Arab Council |
Director | David Lean | |
Writer | Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson | |
Producer | David Lean, Sam Spiegel | |
Musician | Maurice Jarre | |
Photography | Freddie Young |