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5 December 1952 (West Germany)
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TRAPPED...in revolt-riddled Ghandahar!
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During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich...
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The end??
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Alan Ladd | ... | Steve Gibbs |
 | Deborah Kerr | ... | Joan Willoughby |
 | Charles Boyer | ... | Prime Minister Singh |
 | Corinne Calvet | ... | Lizette Damon |
| Cecil Kellaway | ... | Dr. Willoughby |
| Marc Cavell | ... | Moti Lal |
| John Abbott | ... | Nitra Puta |
| Philip Bourneuf | ... | Newah Khan |
| John Williams | ... | General Sir Henry Harrison |
| Charles Lung | ... | Maharajah (as Charlie Lung) |
| Leonard Carey | ... | Dr. Paling |
| Nelson Welch | ... | Norton |
| Queenie Leonard | ... | Miss Huggins |
| George J. Lewis | ... | Bartender |
| Aram Katcher | ... | Servant |
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97 min
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Jill St. John' movie debut.
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I guess the 1952 audience was certainly not satisfied with the ending,which abruptly comes as the heroes are still in action. Ending a movie like that was not obvious at the time.
The biggest flaw is French actor Charles Boyer,ridiculously made up as a Hindu.This character,a Gandhi disciple, puts forward wisdom,prayers,peace and love to cowardice and reactionary mind (the English) greed(Alan Ladd's character) , violence (his brothers ,the rebels),and complete irresponsibility (the caricature of a maharajah).He's the only positive character of the story along with the minister and his blind niece (Kerr).It's absolutely impossible to believe Boyer is an Indian ,mainly if you've seen him as a French lover!Besides,he finally demonstrates the opposite of what he stood up for . Ladd's evolution is predictable,from a greedy businessman to a hero (thanks to the blind girl of course).One should notice that Deborah Kerr is too great an actress to play such a poor part that would be suitable for a B movie starlet.Her intellectual playing does not match with down-to-earth Alan Ladd.The movie also suffers from a shoestring budget.
Take George Cukor's "Bhowani junction"(1956) instead.