In 1929 woedt de twintig-jarige oorlog tussen de Libische Bedoeïenen en Italiaanse koloniale bezetters nog in alle hevigheid. Drijvende kracht van de rebellen is de legendarische Omar Mukhtar, een leraar die zich verplicht zag revolutionair te worden omdat hij niet kan dulden dat zijn volk werd onderworpen aan een buitenlandse macht.
Nee, helaas is Lion of the Desert nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Moustapha Akkad | Director |
| Writing | David Butler | Writer |
| Writing | H.A.L. Craig | Writer |
| Production | Mario Garbuglia | Production Designer |
| Sound | Norman Bolland | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Jim Willis | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Chris Greenham | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Maurice Jarre | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Kit West | Special Effects |
| Production | Moustapha Akkad | Producer |
| Production | June Bordcosh | Associate Producer |
| Production | Roy Stevens | Associate Producer |
| Production | Nahila May Al-Jabri | Producer's Assistant |
| Production | Geoffrey Helman | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Jack Hildyard | Director of Photography |
| Editing | John Shirley | Editor |
| Editing | Graham Farrow | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Giorgio Desideri | Art Direction |
| Production | Syd Cain | Production Designer |
| Production | Paola Roli | Casting |
| Production | Maude Spector | Casting |
| Art | Mario Garbuglia | Production Design |
| Art | Maurice Cain | Art Direction |
| Art | Bob Bell | Art Direction |
| Crew | Terry Glass | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Kit West | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Dino Galiano | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Glenn Randall Jr. | Stunt Coordinator |
| Lighting | Alvaro Romagnoli | Gaffer |
| Camera | James Bawden | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Miguel Gil | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Giorgio Venturoli | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Mohammad Sanousi | Producer |
| Art | Syd Cain | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piero Cicoletti | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hassan Ben Dardaf | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orietta Nasalli Rocca | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alan Boyle | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adalgisa Favella | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ahmed Hassan Hassan | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Neville Smallwood | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Roy Alon | Stunts |
| Crew | Sergio Mioni | Stunts |
