Why did you let them talk you into this mission? As is well known, I, ah..regard myself as...
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Col. J.D.H. Stewart:
Why did you let them talk you into this mission?
Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon:
As is well known, I, ah..regard myself as a religious man, yet I belong to no church. I'm an able soldier, yet I abhor armies. I can even add that I've been introduced to hundreds of women, but never married. in other words, no one's ever talked me into anything.
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Why did you let them talk you into this mission
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As is well known I regard myself as a religious man
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yet I belong to no church
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I'm an able soldier but I abhor armies
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I could even add that I've been introduced
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to hundreds of women yet I've never married
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In other words no one's ever talked me into anything
Clip duration: 27 seconds
Views: 157
Timestamp in movie: 00h 30m 10s
Uploaded: 04 December, 2022
Genres: action, adventure, drama
Summary: In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivie
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00:08 Are the chances of my sacking you
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00:08 But there is this
00:14 I should prefer
00:27 Why did you let them talk you into this mission