Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

(1962)

Tagline

Starring

Peter O'Toole Alec Guinness Anthony Quinn Jack Hawkins Omar Sharif

Director

David Lean

Genre

Adventure Drama Action History Foreign

Running Time

216 minutes

Lawrence of Arabia

Overview

Lawrence of Arabia is the classic film from David Lean starring Peter O’Toole and based on the autobiography from Thomas Edward Lawrence who during the first World War was on assignment by the British Empire in Arabia. The film would become a cult classic and is known today as a masterpiece.

Released

10 December 1962

Budget

£15,000,000

Revenue

£70,000,000

Language

English Arabic Turkish

Studio

Columbia Pictures Horizon Pictures (II)

Country of Origin

United Kingdom United States of America

Cast

Peter O'Toole...T.E. Lawrence
Alec Guinness...Prince Feisal
Anthony Quinn...Auda abu Tayi
Jack Hawkins...General Lord Edmund Allenby
Omar Sharif...Sherif Ali
Claude Rains...Mr. Dryden
Anthony Quayle...Colonel Brighton
José Ferrer...Turkish Bey
Arthur Kennedy...Jackson Bentley
Donald Wolfit...General Sir Archibald Murray
Zia Mohyeddin...Tafas
I.S. Johar...Gasim
Gamil Ratib...Majid
Michel Ray...Farraj
John Dimech...Daud

Crew

Phyllis Dalton...Costume Design
Anne V. Coates...Editor
Robert Bolt...Screenplay
Michael Wilson...Screenplay
Sam Spiegel...Producer
Robert A. Harris...Producer
Maurice Jarre...Original Music Composer
Freddie Young...Director of Photography
T.E. Lawrence...Author
Maude Spector...Casting
John Box...Production Design
John Stoll...Art Direction
Dario Simoni...Set Decoration
Cliff Richardson...Special Effects
Cliff Richardson...Special Effects
Wally Veevers...Special Effects
David Lean...Director