- Omar Khalifa is the modern sheikh-tyrant: a suave Arab ruler who charms Western media into writing his biography while running a brutal dictatorship, and who stages a smoke-and-mirrors miracle to crown himself prophet-ruler of the Arab world; his subjects are credulous masses to be swayed by special effects.
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
film
- Distributor
- TCF
- Cast
- Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Spiros Focas, Avner Eisenberg, Paul David Magid
- Production notes
- Filmed in Morocco. Credits thank “King Hassan” and Morocco’s “Air Force” for their cooperation