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

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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