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"Sahara" is big and slick enough, but it's too heavy and too long.(Daily Break)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) ...company produced the film, reportedly one...unveiled in the film's first scene - a Civil War battle of ironclads...action scenes. He fails, though, to establish...would be a winner. It has novelty...EDIT} MOVIE REVIEW ''Sahara...Richards and James V. Hart, based on the...

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