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April 1979 (USA) moreTagline:
Only two men could rescue her. One driven by love, the other by revenge. morePlot:
Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Based On Novel
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Actors Boredom Transferred To The Audience moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Caine | ... | Dr. David Linderby |
 | Peter Ustinov | ... | Suleiman |
 | Kabir Bedi | ... | Malik |
 | Beverly Johnson | ... | Dr. Anansa Linderby |
 | Omar Sharif | ... | Prince Hassan |
 | Rex Harrison | ... | Brian Walker |
 | William Holden | ... | Jim Sandell |
| Zia Mohyeddin | ... | Djamil |
| Winston Ntshona | ... | Ansok |
| Tariq Yunus | ... | Faid |
| Tyrone Jackson | ... | Dongaro |
| Akosua Busia | ... | The Senoufo girl |
| Jean-Luc Bideau | ... | Marcel |
| Olu Jacobs | ... | Commissioner Batak |
| Johnny Sekka | ... | Captain Bradford |
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Australia:M | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1979) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:16 | USA:R | West Germany:12 | Iceland:16Fun Stuff
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If Ashanti had been a serious attempt at a film about the institution of slavery, still prevalent in third world countries the film might have been better received. Instead it turns into a star studded disaster of a movie where the stars came in, said their lines, and picked up their paychecks without much conviction.
Michael Caine and his wife Beverly Johnson work for the United Nations World Health Organization and are busy doing their humanitarian thing in East Africa. Along comes Peter Ustinov who can barely summon enough ham in him to make a go of the part as a Moslem slave dealer. As Johnson is black he grabs her anyway along with a lot of children and a few adults as well.
Of course Caine doesn't take kindly to the kidnapping and the rest of the film is spent in a rescue attempt. The rest of the cast has such folks as William Holden, Rex Harrison, Omar Sharif and Indian film star Kebir Bedi in parts and looking so incredibly bored with the whole thing.
Usually in something like this talented people like those mentioned above will just overact outrageously and feast on a diet of scenery. But Ashanti doesn't even have that going for it.
What an incredible waste of time. The aroma of tax write off is permeating the air.