King of the Khyber Rifles (film)
| King of the Khyber Rifles | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Henry King |
| Written by | Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts (screenplay) Harry Kleiner (story) |
| Produced by | Frank P. Rosenberg |
| Starring | Tyrone Power Terry Moore |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Edited by | Barbara McLean |
| Music by | Bernard Herrmann |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,190,000[1] |
| Box office | $2.6 million (US rentals)[2] |
King of the Khyber Rifles is a 1953 adventure film directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power and Terry Moore. The film is based on the novel King of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy. It is a remake of John Ford's The Black Watch (1929). The Khyber Pass scenes were shot in Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California. Released by 20th Century Fox, the film was one of the first shot in Technicolor CinemaScope.
Plot synopsis
Freshly arrived Sandhurst-trained Captain Alan King (Tyrone Power), survives an attack on his escort to his North-West Frontier Province garrison near the Khyber Pass because of Ahmed, a native Afridi deserter from the Muslim fanatic rebel Karram Khan's (Guy Rolfe) forces. King was born locally and speaks Pashto. As soon as his fellow officers learn his mother was a native Muslim (which got his parents disowned even by their own families), he falls prey to stubborn prejudiced discrimination. Lieuenant Geoffrey Heath (John Justin) even moves out of their quarters. Brigadier General J. R. Maitland (Michael Rennie), whose policy is full equality among whites, learns King knew Karrum Khan as a boy and charges him with training and commanding native cavalry. The general's daughter, Susan Maitland (Terry Moore), takes a fancy to King, even falls in love, but the general decides to send her home to England after a kidnap attempt which was foiled by King. King volunteers to engage Karram Khan, the only man who can bring the normally divided local tribes together in revolt, pretending to have deserted.
Cast
- Tyrone Power as Captain Alan King
- Terry Moore as Susan Maitland
- Michael Rennie as Brigadier Gen. J. R. Maitland
- John Justin as Lieutenant Geoffrey Heath
- Guy Rolfe as Karram Khan
- Richard Wyler as Lieutenant Ben Baird
- Murray Matheson as Major Ian MacAllister
- Frank DeKova as Ali Nur
- Argentina Brunetti as Lali
- Sujata as Native dancer
- Frank Lacteen as Ahmed
- John Farrow as Corporal Stuart
References
External links
- King of the Khyber Rifles at IMDb
- Tyrone Power at IMDb
- King of the Khyber Rifles at the TCM Movie Database
- King of the Khyber Rifles at AllMovie
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