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Khartoum

Intelligent action epic about "Chinese" Gordon and the siege of Khartoum by the followers of the Mahdi (a kind of 19th century Osama Bin Laden). The music is by Frank Cordell. If you don't already know, try to guess who plays the Mahdi before you look...

from YouTube on Fri, Sep 21 2007

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