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When an American woman, Eden Pedicaris ([[Candice Bergen]]), and her two children are kidnapped in Morocco by a Berber chieftain, Mulai Ahmed el Raisuli ([[Sean Connery]]), President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (Brian Keith) sends warships and Marines, leading to an international confrontation. The film focuses on the personal conflict between Roosevelt and Raisuli, and on the romance between Raisuli and Mrs. Pedicaris.
 
''The Wind and the Lion'' is a [[Rated MforM for Manly|good old-fashioned high adventure]]. While it does not allow the beauty of the thing to be [[Artistic License|spoiled with obsessive accuracy]], it features loving attention to period ''details'', impressive set-piece action sequences, [[Rule of Sean Connery|memorable acting]] and dialogue, and a sweeping [[Music of Note|musical score]] by [[Jerry Goldsmith]].
 
The only real problem with the movie is the basic improbability of any sane woman allowing herself to be 'rescued' from Sean Connery. Or any sane man allowing Candice Bergen to be 'rescued' from ''him''!
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* [[Overly Long Name]]: Mulai Ahmed Mohammed el Raisuli
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: Raisuli, and by extension all the Berbers.
* [[Rated MforM for Manly]]
* [[Reclining Reigner]]: The Bashaw when the Marines bust into the palace.
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]
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