Query: Films set in Libya that aren't set in 1942
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Tripoli (film)
Kif Tebbi
Lo squadrone bianco
Lion of the Desert
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film)
Fighting Love
The Steel Lady
Bengazi (film)
Sole Survivor (1970 film)
The Assignment (1997 film)
A Yank in Libya
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Patriot Games (film)
Running the Sahara
The Dance of Time
Hondros (film)
Evidence from documents: Tripoli (film): '''''Tripoli''''' is a 1950 American adventure film directed by Will Price and written by Winston Miller. The film is a fictionalized account of the Battle of Derna at Derna, a coastal town in modern eastern Libya in April 1805 against Tripoli, one of the four Barbary states in North Africa and stars John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Howard Da Silva, Phillip Reed, Grant Withers, Lowell Gilmore and Connie Gilchrist. The film was released on November 9, 1950, by Paramount Pictures. The film was re-released by Citation Films Inc. and retitled '''The First Marines'''.
Kif Tebbi: A young Italian-educated Libyan nobleman
Lo squadrone bianco: '''''Lo squadrone bianco''''' (Italian for "The White Squadron") is a 1936 Italian film directed by Augusto Genina. The plot features a cavalry lieutenant, unlucky in love, who redeems himself by battling the "rebels" of Tripolitania (modern Libya). The film won the Mussolini Cup at the Venice Film Festival, during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
Lion of the Desert: '''''Lion of the Desert''''' is a 1980 Libyan historical epic war film about the Second Italo-Senussi War, starring Anthony Quinn as Libyan tribal leader Omar Mukhtar, a Bedouin leader fighting the ''Regio Esercito'' (Italian Royal Army) and Oliver Reed as Italian General Rodolfo Graziani, who defeated Mukhtar. It was directed by Moustapha Akkad and funded by the government under Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Released in May 1981, the film has received positive reviews from critics, but performed poorly at the box office, gaining revenues of US$1.5 million worldwide despite having a $35 million budget. The film was banned in Italy in 1982 and was only shown on pay TV in 2009.
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film): Frank Towns is the pilot of a twin-engine Fairchild C-82 Packet cargo plane flying from Jaghbub to Benghazi in Libya; Lew Moran is the navigator. Passengers include Capt. Harris and Sgt. Watson of the British Army; Dr. Renaud, a French physician; Heinrich Dorfmann, a German aeronautical engineer; and an oil company accountant named Standish. There are also several oil workers, including Trucker Cobb, a foreman suffering from mental fatigue; Ratbags Crow, a cocky Scot; Carlos and his pet monkey; and Gabriel
Fighting Love: After discovering her fiancée kissing another woman, Vittoria marries a family friend in a marriage of convenience and accompanies him to the Italian colony of Libya.
The Steel Lady: Four American oil company employees crash-land in the desert of North Africa.
Bengazi (film): Several adventurers hunt for treasure in the desert near the Libyan town of Benghazi.
Sole Survivor (1970 film): While the film follows the fate of the six-man crew of a B-25 Mitchell bomber, ''Sole Survivor'' is loosely based on the 1958 discovery of the B-24 Liberator bomber ''Lady Be Good'' in the Libyan desert.
The Assignment (1997 film): '''''The Assignment''''' is a 1997 spy action thriller film directed by Christian Duguay and starring Aidan Quinn (in two roles), with Donald Sutherland and Ben Kingsley. The film, written by Dan Gordon and Sabi H. Shabtai, is set mostly in the late 1980s and deals with a CIA plan to use Quinn's character to masquerade as the Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal.
Carlos the Jackal has sex and kills a spider in its web with his cigarette then evicts the woman from his room. He dons a disguise and walks to a cafe where CIA agent Henry Fields (Donald Sutherland) is sitting at a table. He recognizes Fields and asks for a light but Fields does not recognize Carlos, because of his disguise. He watches as Carlos detonates a grenade, killing dozens of people.
A Yank in Libya: '''''A Yank in Libya''''' is a 1942 American war thriller film
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi: The film follows six members of Annex Security Team who fought to defend the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya after waves of attacks by militants on September 11, 2012.
Patriot Games (film): The scenes set at a terrorist camp in Libya were filmed in the desert near Brawley, California.
Running the Sahara: Films set in Libya: Producers Marc Joubert, Keith Quinn, Larry Tanz and director James Moll filmed on location in Africa across six countries: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Libya, Egypt.
that aren't set in 1942: They traveled a total of 6920 kilometers, reaching the Red Sea on February 20, 2007.
The Dance of Time: After a number of obstacles are overcome, he eventually triumphs at the Tripoli Grand Prix in Italian Libya.
Hondros (film): Hondros was killed in a mortar attack by government forces in Misrata while covering the 2011 Libyan civil war.