King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
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.
Director:
Henry King
Writers:
Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts.
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Tyrone Power as Capt. Alan King |
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Terry Moore as Susan Maitland |
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Michael Rennie as Brig. Gen. J. R. Maitland |
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John Justin as Lt. Geoffrey Heath |
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Guy Rolfe as Karram Khan |
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Richard Wyler as Lt. Ben Baird |
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Murray Matheson as Maj. Ian MacAllister |
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Frank De Kova as Ali Nur |
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Argentina Brunetti as Lali |
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Sujata Rubener as Native Dancer |
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Patrick Whyte as Lt. White (uncredited) |
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Lal Chand Mehra as Tribal Chieftain (uncredited) |
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John Farrow as Cpl. Stuart (uncredited) |
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Alberto Morin as Rahim Bey (uncredited) |
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Richard Peel as Sgt. Fowler (uncredited) |
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Stephen Soldi as Villager (uncredited) |
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Bhogwan Singh as Tribal Chieftain (uncredited) |
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Gavin Muir as Maj. Lee - Doctor (uncredited) |
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Jack Tornek as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Art Felix as Soldier (uncredited) |
| Writing | Ivan Goff | Screenplay |
| Directing | Henry King | Director |
| Writing | Ben Roberts | Screenplay |
| Sound | Bernard Herrmann | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Talbot Mundy | Novel |
| Writing | Harry Kleiner | Story |
| Editing | Barbara McLean | Editor |
| Production | Frank P. Rosenberg | Producer |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Art | Paul S. Fox | Set Decoration |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Art | Fred J. Rode | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Asoka Rubener | Choreographer |
| Directing | Henry Weinberger | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | E. Clayton Ward | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles LeMaire | Wardrobe Master |
| Art | Maurice Ransford | Art Direction |
| Crew | Ray Kellogg | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travilla | Costume Design |
| Sound | Roger Heman Sr. | Sound |
| Camera | Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Patrick Whyte | Technical Advisor |