I've seen this film many many times and never got sick of it. The first time was in the 1975. My Uncle Jack took me and my cousin to see this film in some theatre in Blackpool. I just loved it. After that I would wait until it came on television. Which was fairly regular. Sunday afternoons was the time for these epics. Later we would have late night TV and it might come on in the depths of morning. Then along came video and then the game changed. But I'd still hang out to see it on the big screen though. Africa was just made for widescreen.
Of course this was Michael Caine's first big film. And though he hasn't got the voice he would use in later films he still has the charisma.
But really it's just a Boy's Own adventure like the comics and annuals I used to get for Christmas in my youth. How a small bunch of Englishmen (and Welsh) beat a massive army. Dressed in cool bright red uniforms.
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