Northwest Frontier (1959)
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Northwest Frontier was the original British title for Flame Over India. When the Moslems attack a British fortress in colonial India, it is imperative that the local Maharaja's son be taken to safety. The man for the job is commander Kenneth More, who uses a rusty old train for that purpose.… More Northwest Frontier was the original British title for Flame Over India. When the Moslems attack a British fortress in colonial India, it is imperative that the local Maharaja's son be taken to safety. The man for the job is commander Kenneth More, who uses a rusty old train for that purpose. Among the other fugitives is the boy's British governess Lauren Bacall and the untrustworthy Herbert Lom. A cat-and-mouse session between good and bad guys segues into a heart-pounding chase through the frontier. Welcome comedy relief is in the hands of I.S. Johar as a grizzled old engineer. It looks like a western and sounds like a western, and the original title Northwest Frontier completes the illusion that we're watching Cowboys and Indians rather than Indians and Moslems. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- J. Lee Thompson
- Written By
- Robin Estridge
- Genres
- Action & Adventure
Unrated,
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Shane Burridge, rec.arts.movies.reviews
Supremely enjoyable adventure yarn
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Cast
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Kenneth More
as Capt. Scott
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Lauren Bacall
as Catherine Wyatt
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Herbert Lom
as Van Leyden
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I.S. Johar
as Gupta
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Ursula Jeans
as Lady Wyndham
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Eugene Deckers
as Peters
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Ian Hunter
as Sir John Wyndham
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Govind Raja Ross
as Prince Kishnan
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Basil Hoskins
as A.D.C.
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Moultrie Kelsall
as Brittish Correspondent
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Lionel Murton
as American Correspondent
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Frank Olegario
as Maharaja
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Ronald Cardew
as Staff Colonel
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Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Bridie
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Jack Gwyllim
as Brigadier Ames
- Jack Gwillim
