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.

CAST: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Claude Rains

DIRECTOR: David Lean

RUN TIME: 216 min