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Peter O'Toole as Lawrence of Arabia

Is Peter O’Toole’s Lawrence of Arabia fact or fiction?

Arts, Culture & Media

With the death of Peter O’Toole, everyone is talking about one of his great roles, as Lawrence of Arabia — the British intelligence officer who lead an Arab revolt in World War I. So that led producer Christopher Woolf to examine just how much of the film is actually based on history.

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