if ashanti have be a serious attempt at a film about the institution of slavery and still prevalent in third world country the film might have be good receive . instead it turn into a star stud disaster of a movie where the star come in and say their line and and pick up their paycheck without much conviction . michael caine and his wife beverly johnson work for the united nation world health organization and be busy do their humanitarian thing in east africa . along come peter ustinov who can barely summon enough ham in him to make a go of the part a a moslem slave dealer . a johnson be black he grab her anyway along with a lot of child and a few adult as well . of course caine doesn not take kindly to the kidnapping and the rest of the film be spend in a rescue attempt . the rest of the cast have such folk a william holden and rex harrison and omar sharif and indian film star kebir bedi in part and look so incredibly bore with the whole thing . usually in something like this talented people like those mention above will just overact outrageously and feast on a diet of scenery . but ashanti doesn not even have that go for it . what an incredible waste of time . the aroma of tax write off be permeate the air .