Edward Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) in a motorcycle crash. When a reporter asks questions at the

memorial service at St. Paul's a flashback to the desert campaigns of the legendary figure begins.

In 1916, Lawrence is a disgruntled young lieutenant with the British H.Q. staff in Cairo.

Discontent with a desk job, he persuades Mr. Dryden (Claude Rains) of the Arab Bureau to let

him seek out the Bedouin Chief, Prince Feisal (Alec Guiness), to check on the progress of the

Arab Revolt. Lawrence suggests the possibility of helping Feisal unite the Arab tribes against

their common enemy, the Turks, with whom the British are also at war. Having received

permission to try, Lawrence journeys to the desert. There his first encounter with tribal rivalries

occurs when Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif), who is later to become one of Lawrence's strongest allies,

shoots Lawrence's guide for drinking from a water hole which belongs to Ali. With the help of

Ali, Prince Feisal is convinced into allowing his own guerilla army to cooperate with the British.

Lawrence soon becomes a charismatic Leader to the Arab hordes. Sustaining

film serves as an epic account of Sir Lawrence's commitment and the iron will of one people to

across the desert to freedom. There are also many shots from above their camps to show their

himself and which the hero-worship of the Arab tribes has created. Again he is tempted to resign

beaten and thrown out into the mud by the Turks and when visits the wounded hospital in

noble causes the film also brings the audience face to face with the horror of war and the

and heart broken face as he shots the man. The most ironic shot is after Lawrence leads a

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