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King of the Khyber Rifles *** (1953, Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie) – Classic Movie Review 12,095

The attractive and popular 1953 adventure film King of the Khyber Rifles stars Tyrone Power and Terry Moore. It was one of the first shot in Technicolor and CinemaScope. Director Henry King’s attractive and popular […]

May, 02

The Jungle ** (1952, Rod Cameron, Cesar Romero, Marie Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 11,542

‘FILMED IN SEPIA IN THE MYSTIC HEART OF INDIA! ‘ Director William Berke’s 1952 Indian-American sci-fi jungle adventure film The Jungle stars Rod Cameron, Cesar Romero, Marie Windsor. Despite its low budget of $125,000, it […]

Sep, 02

Distant Thunder [Ashani Sanket] **** (1973, Soumitra Chatterjee, Bobita, Sandhya Roy) – Classic Movie Review 11,174

The 1973 Indian film Distant Thunder [Ashani Sanket] is director Satyajit Ray’s moving look at the horrifying effects of the Bengali famine in 1943, viewed in microcosm through the lives of a warm-hearted doctor-teacher Gangacharan […]

May, 06

Kim **** (1950, Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas, Robert Douglas, Thomas Gomez, Cecil Kellaway) – Classic Movie Review 11,171

MGM’s 1950 Technicolor film Kim is a spectacular adventure classic based on Rudyard Kipling’s novel about an orphan boy (Dean Stockwell), recruited as a spy by the British for derring-do in 1880s India. Director Victor […]

May, 06

Soldiers Three *** (1951, Stewart Granger, Walter Pidgeon, David Niven, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 11,170

Director Tay Garnett’s 1951 MGM black and white film Soldiers Three is a minor-league, though entertaining Gunga Din-style comedy adventure tale, derived from Rudyard Kipling short stories, with Indian location shots from Kim (1950) helping things […]

May, 05

Company Limited [Seemabaddha] **** (1971, Sharmila Tagore, Barun Chanda, Paromita Chowdhury, Haradhan Bannerjee, Dipankar Dey) – Classic Movie Review 10,981

Indian film director Satyajit Ray’s witty, perceptive and incisive 1971 Bengali black and white social comedy drama Company Limited [Seemabaddha] examines Calcutta business life and the dilemmas of an honest hero afflicted by ambition. Barun […]

Mar, 03

Bengal Brigade [Bengal Rifles] ** (1954, Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl, Ursula Thiess, Dan O’Herlihy, Torin Thatcher, Arnold Moss) – Classic Movie Review 10,658

‘From marble palace to teeming jungle all India rocked with the violence of the great rebellion!’ Director Laslo Benedek’s 1954 Bengal Brigade [Bengal Rifles] stars Rock Hudson, who struggles against his unwise casting in a […]

Dec, 12

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