North West Frontier
1959
(Original Uncut British Release )
Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall
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Rule #1,2+3
Make Cuppa
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sit back,this is old stuff
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Hope you like
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North West Frontier (USA: Flame Over India; Australia: Empress of India)is a 1959 British Eastmancolor adventure film starring Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Wilfrid Hyde-White and I. S. Johar.
The Cinemascope film, which was produced by Marcel Hellman, was directed by J. Lee Thompson.
It was a commercial success at the British box office in 1959.
The film's achievement led to J. Lee Thompson beginning his American career as a director.
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The film is set in the North West Frontier Province of British India (now within modern Pakistan).
It explores the ethnic tensions within British India after Muslim rebels attack a fortress and kill a Hindu maharajah.
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