

“Nothing is written.”
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
Directed by David Lean
User score
3,653 votes



Released
December 11, 1962
3h 48m
Arabic, English, Portuguese, Turkish
Budget → Revenue
$15.0M → $70.0M

Peter O'Toole
T.E. Lawrence

Alec Guinness
Prince Feisal

Anthony Quinn
Auda abu Tayi

Jack Hawkins
General Edmund Allenby

Omar Sharif
Sherif Ali

José Ferrer
Turkish Bey

Anthony Quayle
Colonel Harry Brighton

Claude Rains
Mr. Dryden

Arthur Kennedy
Jackson Bentley

Donald Wolfit
General Archibald Murray

I.S. Johar
Gasim

Gamil Ratib
Majid

Michel Ray
Farraj

John Dimech
Daud

Zia Mohyeddin
Tafas

Howard Marion-Crawford
Medical Officer

Jack Gwillim
Club Secretary

Hugh Miller
R.A.M.C. Colonel
John Barry
MP in Map Room (uncredited)

Bruce Beeby
Captain at Officer's Club (uncredited)