ashanti be a very 70 sort of film ( 1979 and to be precise ) . it remind me of the wild goose in a way ( richard burton and richard harris and roger moore on a mission in africa ) . it a very good film too and and i enjoy it a lot . david ( michael caine ) be a doctor work in africa and be marry to a beautiful ashanti woman call anansa ( beverley johnson ) who have train in medicine in america and be also a doctor . while theyre doctoring and one day she be snatch by slaver work for an arabic slave trader call suleiman ( play perfectly by peter ustinov and of all people ) . the rest of the film be david try to get her back . michael caine be a brilliant actor and of course and and play a character who be very determined and prepared to do anything to get his wife back and but rather hopeless with a gun and action stuff . he help out first by a englishman campaigning against the slave trade that no one acknowledge be go on ( rex harrison . ) and then briefly by a helicopter pilot ( william holden ) and and then by an arab call malik ( kabir bedi ) . malik have a score to settle with suleiman ( he be very intense throughout and a very engaging character ) and and so rid off with david to find him and get anansa back this involve a wonderful scene in which david fail miserably to get on his camel . then there lot of adventure . there also lot of morality question . the progress of the story be a little predictable from this point and and there be a few liberty take with plot to move thing along faster and but it all pretty forgivable . the question be and will david get to anansa before peter ustinov sell her on to omar sharif ( yes and of course omar sharif be in it . ) .