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7.0/10
3K
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Three British soldiers on the Northwest Frontier of India struggle against the enemy - and themselves.Three British soldiers on the Northwest Frontier of India struggle against the enemy - and themselves.Three British soldiers on the Northwest Frontier of India struggle against the enemy - and themselves.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
3K
YOUR RATING
- Director
- Writers
- Waldemar Young(screen play)
- John L. Balderston(screen play)
- Achmed Abdullah(screen play)
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- Waldemar Young(screen play)
- John L. Balderston(screen play)
- Achmed Abdullah(screen play)
- Stars
- Won 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 6 nominations total
Guy Standing
- Col. Stone
- (as Sir Guy Standing)
Douglass Dumbrille
- Mohammed Khan
- (as Douglas Dumbrille)
F.A. Armenta
- Indian Officer
- (uncredited)
Mischa Auer
- Captured Afridi
- (uncredited)
James Bell
- Indian Officer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Waldemar Young(screen play)
- John L. Balderston(screen play)
- Achmed Abdullah(screen play)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOne of Adolf Hitler's favorite films. He watched it at least three times. Hitler, an Anglophile, never wanted war with the British Empire. The UK and France rejected a joint German-Soviet peace proposal on 28 September 1939. Hitler personally offered to end the war with France and the British Empire on 6 October 1939, following the German-Soviet conquest of Poland. Winston Churchill nearly accepted Hitler's peace offers on 26 May 1940. On 19 July 1940, after the Fall of France, and again in May 1941 before the beginning of the invasion of the Soviet Union, he repeatedly offered to end the war in the West, stating he had no interest in destroying the British Empire. He only authorized the London Blitz in September 1940 after the RAF had already bombed German cities for four months. According to Lord Halifax, Hitler advised shooting Gandhi and several other members of the Indian Congress until law and order was restored.
- GoofsMcGregor lifts and moves the Vickers machine gun with no apparent effort. However, the gun with the tripod could weigh between 29 and 36 kg (65-80 lb) so it is unlikely that it would be moved as easily as it is in the film. The Vickers was a water-cooled machine gun. The ones seen in the film lack the water condenser can which was usually attached to the barrel.
- Quotes
Mohammed Khan: We have ways to make men talk.
- ConnectionsEdited into Ahen senso (1943)
- SoundtracksMother Machree
(1910) (uncredited)
Music by Chauncey Olcott and Ernest Ball
Lyrics by Rida Johnson Young
Sung a cappella twice by Franchot Tone with modified lyrics
Played on a pungi by Franchot Tone several times
Review
Featured review
Pretty good film of the British Raj
Pretty good film. Surprisingly complex characters and plot elements for such an old film. Good action sequences and direction. The only criticism I can think of that I had on viewing this movie isn't even really fair, that the cobra didn't look real. I guess their computer graphics lab wasn't quite up to snuff! If you like old films, this one is worth a look.
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- smatysia
- Oct 3, 2000
Details
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,180,000
- Gross worldwide
- $3,270,000
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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