Ashanti is a 1979 English-language Action Adventure motion picture written by Stephen Geller and George Macdonald Fraser. The movie is directed by Richard Fleischer and produced by Georges-alain Vuille. Dr. Anansa Linderby (Beverly Johnson) is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task. Ashanti features Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, Beverly Johnson, Omar Sharif, Rex Harrison and Robert Rietty. The motion picture is based on bano by Alberto V zquez-Figueroa. The music was composed by Michael Melvoin. Cinematography was done by Aldo Tonti and editing by Ernest Walter. The motion picture has a running time of 118 minutes. It was released on 21st February 1979. Ashanti was made on a budget of $7 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Warner Bros.