Oliver Reed failed to be cast in Lion of the Desert.
-LRB- 1968 -RRB- , Women in Love -LRB- 1969 -RRB- , Hannibal Brooks -LRB- 1969 -RRB- , The Devils -LRB- 1971 -RRB- , The Three Musketeers -LRB- 1973 -RRB- , Tommy -LRB- 1975 -RRB- , Lion of the Desert -LRB- 1981 -RRB- , Castaway -LRB- 1986 -RRB- , The Adventures of Baron Munchausen -LRB- 1988 -RRB- and Funny Bones -LRB- 1995 -RRB- .	Women in Love	Women in Love (film)	Hannibal Brooks	Hannibal Brooks	The Devils	The Devils (film)	The Three Musketeers	The Three Musketeers (1973 film)	Tommy	Tommy (1975 film)	Lion of the Desert	Lion of the Desert	Castaway	Castaway (film)	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Funny Bones	Funny Bones
Lion of the Desert is a 1981 Libyan historical action film starring Anthony Quinn as Libyan tribal leader Omar Mukhtar , a Bedouin leader fighting the Regio Esercito -LRB- Italian Royal Army -RRB- in the years leading up to World War II , and Oliver Reed as Italian General Rodolfo Graziani , who attempted to defeat Mukhtar .	Anthony Quinn	Anthony Quinn	Oliver Reed	Oliver Reed	historical	historical film	action film	action film	Omar Mukhtar	Omar Mukhtar	Bedouin	Bedouin	Regio Esercito	Regio Esercito	World War II	World War II	General	General	Rodolfo Graziani	Rodolfo Graziani
