Here captain Kyle is blamed for the death of a lieutenant in love with Diana ,a girl of his fancy and several good men ; anyway the love affair is totally devoid of interest, Dawn Adams has only a few scenes and only serves,as the bad guy says ,as an "insurance "
Looking sometimes like a poor man's "lives of a Bengal Lancer" : like Hathaway's classic ,it deals with cowardice, treason and redemption ;but whereas the 1935 classic made up for the glorification of English colonialism with his legendary acting (Gary Cooper ,Franchot Tone) ,its wry humor (Tone's boots and flute) and his absorbing action-packed screenplay
"khyber patrol " is listless , although Raymond Burr saves something from the wreckage as Egan's "big brother" ;the latter is ill at ease, his forte is the social drama such as "voice in the mirror" or " a summer place",the thriller ("violent Saturday" ) and the "family movie" (the good doctor of "Pollyanna" of course)
