Ashanti

Plot

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 trader 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

Cast

• Michael Caine - Dr. David Linderby
• Peter Ustinov - Suleiman
• Beverly Johnson - Anansa Linderby
• Kabir Bedi - Malik
• Omar Sharif - Prince Hassan
• Rex Harrison - Brian Walker

William Holden - Jim Sandell; Zia Mohyeddin - Djamel; Winston Ntshona - Ansok; Tariq Yunus - Faid; Tyrone Jackson - Dongaro; Jean-Luc Bideau - Marcel; Johnny Sekka - Capt. Bradford

Credit

Kuli Sander - Art Director, Richard Fleischer - Director, Michael Melvoin - Composer (Music Score), Aurelio Crugnola - Production Designer, Aldo Tonti - Cinematographer, Georges Alain Vuille - Producer, David Hildyard - Sound/Sound Designer, Stephen Geller - Screenwriter, Alberto Vasquez Figueroa - Book Author

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