Despite this movie's success, many people disliked it due to its fictional elements (fictional characters such as Sherif Ali, Colonel Brighton, Jackson Bentley, Mr. Dryden et cetera). Another reason why others disliked it has to do with the death of T.E. Lawrence in this movie. Many people believed Lawrence was murdered. One of the principal witnesses of the accident was an Army Corporal named Catchpole who testified about a black van heading toward Lawrence. After the crash, the black van raced off down the road and the Corporal ran over to Lawrence who lay on the road with his face covered in blood. The Corporal was instructed not to mention the van as being involved in the accident, and the suspicions increased when it was reported that Catchpole killed himself shortly after testifying about the black van. Right before his death, Lawrence had been planning to see his friend Henry Williamson, who was facilitating a meeting between Lawrence and Adolf Hitler for making peace between England and Germany. Lawrence abhorred the idea of yet another war in Europe.
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