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    Thumbs up Khyber Rifles

    This morning on AMC King of the Khyber Rifles. Lots of military kilts and a pipe and drum band at the end! Tyrone Power 1953 in Color!

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    huh? ...
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    It's a movie:

    "King, of the Khyber Rifles", about the British fighting in India and Afghanistan in the mid-19th century. Good flick...!
    Brian

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    RATS! I saw that it was on (didn't know what it was about) and did something else.... I will have to keep an eye out for it!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodsheal
    It's a movie:

    "King, of the Khyber Rifles", about the British fighting in India and Afghanistan in the mid-19th century. Good flick...!

    Well British and Sepoys. But yeah, what he said.

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    Sepoy...

    Quote Originally Posted by michael steinrok
    Well British and Sepoys. But yeah, what he said.
    A Sepoy is a private in the British Indian Army.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot
    A Sepoy is a private in the British Indian Army.

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    Well if they watch the movie they would have quessed that. But thanks for pointing that out to the uninitiated.

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