Michael Caine starred in The Last Valley.
Michael Caine . His most notable roles in the 1970s included Get Carter ( 1971 ) , The Last Valley , Sleuth ( 1972 ) , for which he earned his second Academy Award nomination , The Man Who Would Be King ( 1975 ) , and A Bridge Too Far ( 1977 ) . The Last Valley (1971 film) . A mercenary soldier ( Michael Caine ) and a teacher ( Omar Sharif ) , each fleeing the religious war in southern Germany , accidentally find the valley , untouched by the war , and there live in peace . Based upon the novel The Last Valley ( 1959 ) , by J.B. Pick , the cinematic version of The Last Valley , directed by James Clavell , was the final feature film photographed with the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process ( until it was revived to make the film Baraka in 1991 ) .