𝐀 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 "𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐲" 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐟 𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧 "𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧" 💥💥💥𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙤𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙩 "𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙆𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝" 𝙄𝙨 𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙣 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙤 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙧💥 A Berber chieftain triggers an international incident, drawing the involvement of Theodore Roosevelt, when he kidnaps an American widow and her children in 1900s Morocco. At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. The attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.
Stars Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith
Movie Trivia
The story was based on a historical incident involving the kidnapping of Ion Perdicaris, an American expatriate living in Tangier (changed to a woman for the movie). However, the two children, the American attack on the Bashaw's palace in Tangier, and the climactic battle between the American and German forces, were all inventions of writer and director John Milius.
After receiving a list of BBFC requests to remove horse falls, writer and director John Milius withdrew this movie from intended U.K. video release in 1990, and claimed that no animal cruelty had taken place. His claim was supported by stuntman Terry Leonard, who threatened to sue the BBFC for besmirching his professional reputation.
In the final battle, the German officer discards his gun, and fights the Raisuli with swords. In return, the Raisuli rewards the officer with a scar, a sign of courage in upper-class Germans and Austrians. In the dueling society, the victor was seen as the person who could walk away from the duel with an obvious scar. It was important to show one's dueling prowess, but also that one was capable of taking the wound that was inflicted. Courage was shown by being able to stand and take the blow as opposed to inflicting the scar. Facial scars were most desired.
Twenty U.S. Marines were used in the making of this movie, as were several Special Forces troops from the Spanish Army. The military scenes are used as training films for the U.S. Marine Corps.
According to Nadia Sawalha, Nadim Sawalha tried to coach Sir Sean Connery to do an Arabic accent, but gave up after three days.
Sir Sean Connery was so impressed with writer and director John Milius that he requested his services as a script doctor for The Hunt for Red October (1990).
President Theodore Roosevelt is presented with a birthday cake with a map of the Western Hemisphere on the icing. As he cuts across the cake, he hesitates before cutting into the "land" portion of the icing. His cut goes not across Panama, but across Nicaragua. A plan for a sea-level canal through Nicaragua was the rival plan in the 1880s and 1890s to that for Panama, and was given up only once it was rendered redundant by the American takeover of the French Panama Canal project in 1904.
The final battle took two weeks to film. Real dynamite was used. Four American stuntmen did all of the horse falls.
Captain Jerome (Steve Kanaly) was based on the real-life Marine Major John Twiggs Myers, who commanded the Marines in Tangier during the Pedicaris incident. Myers' exploits in China were also portrayed on film, in 55 Days at Peking (1963), where the character played by Charlton Heston was also based on Myers. Myers retired from the Marine Corps with the rank of Lieutenant General.
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