King of the Khyber Rifles

Overview

Freshly arrived Sandhurst-trained Captain Alan King, better versed in Pashtun then any of the veterans and born locally as army brat, survives an attack on his escort to his Northwest Frontier province garrison near the Khyber pass because of Ahmed, a native Afridi deserter from the Muslim fanatic rebel Karram Khan's forces. 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, Lieutenant Geoffrey Heath even moves out of their quarters, except from half-Irish Lt. Ben Baird.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 23, 1953

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

20th Century Fox

Cast

Tyrone Power,John Farrow,Michael Rennie,Terry Moore,Patrick Whyte,Murray Matheson,Art Felix,Lal Chand Mehra,Richard Wyler,Jack Tornekand 10 more

Director

Henry King

Writer

Ivan Goff,Talbot Mundy,Ben Roberts,Harry Kleiner

Producer

Frank P. Rosenberg

Cinematography

Leon Shamroy

Music

Bernard Herrmann

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0045961