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Omar Sharif

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Yellow Rolls-Royce, TheYellow Rolls-Royce, The (1964)
Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Omar Sharif
Star–studded omnibus following three consecutive owners of a cute Rolls Royce Pantom II. An English aristocrat, a Chicago gangster and a…
Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago (1965) Recommended
Dir. David Lean
Feat. Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Omar Sharif
Omar Sharif plays the Russian doctor exiled for writing poetry during WW1, and separated from his only love. Complex, beautifully conceived epic will…
Night of the Generals, TheNight of the Generals, The (1967)
Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay
WWII crime thriller concerning the prolonged investigation of the murder of a Polish prostitute and German agent that implicates three generals, and…
MayerlingMayerling (1968)
Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason
Austrian Crown–Prince Omar Sharif neglects the business of running the 19th Century Hapsburg empire, to have a secretive and ill–fated…
Funny GirlFunny Girl (1968) Recommended
Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif
Barbra Streisand's bravura debut, playing real–life showbiz celeb Fanny Brice, won her an Oscar. Rates also as a well–executed musical.
Mackenna's Gold Mackenna's Gold (1969)
Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif
Sprawling Western adaptation of the best–selling Will Henry novel about an Arizona Marshal travelling to an unknown canyon of gold who gets…
Che!Che! (1969)
Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Omar Sharif, Jack Palance
Made barely two years after his death, this Che Guevara biopic boasts the reputable acting talents of Omar Sharif and Jack Palance and picks up where…
Last Valley, TheLast Valley, The (1971)
Dir. James Clavell
Feat. Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Brian Blessed
Epically framed, though a little ponderous, this action vehicle for Michael Caine is set in the final decade of the 17th century 'Thirty Years War'.…
Horsemen, TheHorsemen, The (1971)
Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Omar Sharif, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jack Palance
An ambitious historical epic concerns the quest of an Afghani tribal horseman (Sharif) to regain his honour after losing a ritual Buzkashi…
JuggernautJuggernaut (1974)
Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings
Richard Harris leads a bomb disposal squad in a race against time to save an ocean liner and its 1200 passengers from disaster. Fine nail–biter…
Tamarind Seed, TheTamarind Seed, The (1974)
Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle
Languid romantic thriller plays out against the backdrop of the Cold War looming. Andrews plays a British civil servant on holiday in the Caribbean…
Pink Panther Strikes Again, ThePink Panther Strikes Again, The (1976) Recommended
Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk
Inspector Clouseau has finally driven his boss Chief Dreyfus over the edge, and Dreyfus sets out on a crazed attempt to destroy the world with a…
AshantiAshanti (1979)
Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Omar Sharif
When his wife is kidnapped by Arab slave traders, UN medic Michael Caine hops aboard a camel and goes on an adventure quest to retrieve her. Caine…
BloodlineBloodline (1979)
Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason
Suspense–lite, Sidney Sheldon–based outing for Audrey Hepburn, with the ageless movie icon battling hostile takeovers from within a newly…
Green IceGreen Ice (1981)
Dir. Ernest Day
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Anne Archer, Omar Sharif
Cheesy, outlandish heist romance finds Ryan O'Neal embroiled in the high–stakes world of emerald smuggling. Omar Sharif is good value as an…
Top Secret!Top Secret! (1984) Recommended
Dir. Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Feat. Val Kilmer, Omar Sharif, Jeremy Kemp
No secret this is one of the best of the Abrahams/Zucker Bros comedies (FLYING HIGH) with Val Kilmer as a rather dim, Elvis–type singer who, in…
Far Pavilions, The (TV Mini-series)Far Pavilions, The (TV Mini-series) (1984)
Dir. Peter Duffell
Feat. Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee
Lavish period drama based on the epic book by novelist M.M. Kaye, centered around the romance between a young English officer and a beautiful Indian…
Peter the Great (TV Mini-Series)Peter the Great (TV Mini-Series) (1986)
Feat. Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Omar Sharif
Emmy Award–winning mini–series about Peter I, Tsar of Russia from 1682, and his efforts to transform Russia in an "all European" country,…
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to ParisMrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992)
Dir. Anthony Shaw
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Diana Rigg, Omar Sharif
In this Francophilic fantasy, Angela Lansbury makes a pilgrimage to Paris to purchase an haute couture evening gown from the House of Dior. Fantastic…
Gulliver's TravelsGulliver's Travels (1995)
Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Peter O'Toole
Epic, state–of–the–art version of Jonathan Swift's classic fairytale stars Ted Danson as the long–shipwrecked doctor who must…
Pyramid - Beyond Imagination (2003)
Dir. Jonathan Stamp
Feat. Omar Sharif
Short study concerning the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the largest manmade structures on the planet. Inside the dramatic framework of one worker's…
HidalgoHidalgo (2003)
Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Louise Lombard
Grandly conceived, this period adventure epic has a troubled 'Pony Express' rider (Mortensen) summoned to compete in an epic 3000–mile race…
Monsieur IbrahimMonsieur Ibrahim (2003)
Dir. Francois Dupeyron
Feat. Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger
Set on the multicultural streets of 1960s working–class Paris, this warm–hearted tale has a Sufi grocery store owner befriend a lonely…
Crown Prince, The (TV Mini-series)Crown Prince, The (TV Mini-series) (Kronprinz Rudolf) (2006)
Dir. Robert Dornhelm
Feat. Max von Thun, Vittoria Puccini, Klaus Maria Brandauer
Sumptuous historical Austrian mini–series based on the Crown Prince's doomed love affair with a baroness, that eventually requires the pair to…
Rock the CasbahRock the Casbah (2013)
Dir. Laïla Marrakchi
Feat. Morjana Alaoui, Nadine Labaki, Lubna Azabal
Culturally–specific family comedy in which three women reunite in Morocco to mourn in accordance with Muslim tradition following the death of…

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