North West Frontier (1959)
- Directed by
- J. Lee Thompson
- Genre
- adventure film, war film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 2h 09m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 57 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1905 British India, a British officer must evacuate a group of refugees including a Hindu prince on a train through hostile territory after a Muslim rebellion breaks out. The journey is under constant threat of attack.
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What happens
North West Frontier (USA: Flame Over India; Australia: Empress of India) is a 1959 British Eastmancolor adventure film starring Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Wilfrid Hyde-White and I. S. Johar. The CinemaScope film was produced by Marcel Hellman and directed by J. Lee Thompson. It was a commercial success at the British box-office in 1959. The film's success led to J. Lee Thompson beginning his American career as a director. The film is set in the North West Frontier Province of British India (now within modern Pakistan). It explores the ethnic tensions within British India after Muslim rebels attack a fortress and kill a Hindu maharajah. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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