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The Wind and the Lion is a 1975 adventure film. It was directed by John Milius and starred Sean Connery, Candice Bergen and Brian Keith. It was based on the real-life Perdicaris incident of 1904.

This movie bends historic fact into an enjoyable adventure in which an American woman, Eden Pedicaris, (played by Bergen) along with her two children, are kidnapped by Berber brigand Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli (Connery) prompting American President Teddy Roosevelt (Keith) to wield the "Big Stick" of American diplomacy to launch an armed invasion and rescue mission.

Though Raisuli, and of course Roosevelt, are historical characters, the real-life victims were Ion Perdicaris and his step-son Cromwell Varley.

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