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King of the Khyber Rifles ()

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A half-caste British officer in 19th-century India battles the prejudices of both his Army colleagues and the local populace while trying to help put down a rebellion led by a greedy local ruler.
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Capt. Alan King
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Susan Maitland
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Brig. Gen. J. R. Maitland
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Lt. Geoffrey Heath
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Karram Khan
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Lt. Ben Baird
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Maj. Ian MacAllister
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Ali Nur (as Frank de Kova)
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Lali
Sujata Rubener ...
Native Dancer (as Sujata)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mohinder Bedi ...
Servant (uncredited)
Dorothy Bonnefin ...
Bit Role (uncredited)
Jimmie Booth ...
Afridi Horseman (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
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Afridi Horseman (uncredited)
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Hamid Bahri (uncredited)
David Cota ...
Singer (uncredited)
Tom Cound ...
Capt. Rogers (uncredited)
Roy Damron ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
Jerado Decordovier ...
Soldier (uncredited)
Karam Dhaliwal ...
Pal-Singh (uncredited)
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Cpl. Stuart (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
Naji Gabbay ...
Servant (uncredited)
Yeghishe Harout ...
Tribal Chieftain (uncredited)
Ramsay Hill ...
Cavalry Officer (uncredited)
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Napur (uncredited)
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Afridi Horseman (uncredited)
Hassan Khayyam ...
Mullah (uncredited)
George Khoury ...
Afridi Horseman (uncredited)
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Ahmed (uncredited)
Alan Lee ...
Ranchid (uncredited)
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Tribal Chieftain (uncredited)
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Rahim Bey (uncredited)
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Maj. Lee - Doctor (uncredited)
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Sgt. Fowler (uncredited)
Joe Sawaya ...
Tribal Chieftain (uncredited)
Sam Scar ...
Tribal Chieftain (uncredited)
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Tribal Chieftain (uncredited)
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Villager (uncredited)
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Afridi Villager (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
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Officer (uncredited)
Gilchrist Stuart ...
Officer of the Week (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
Aly Wassil ...
Raschild (uncredited)
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Lt. White (uncredited)
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Afridi Horseman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Henry King

Written by

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Ivan Goff ... (screenplay) and
Ben Roberts ... (screenplay)
 
Harry Kleiner ... (story)
 
Talbot Mundy ... (novel)

Produced by

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Frank P. Rosenberg ... producer

Music by

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Bernard Herrmann

Cinematography by

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Leon Shamroy ... director of photography

Editing by

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Barbara McLean

Art Direction by

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Maurice Ransford
Lyle R. Wheeler ... (as Lyle Wheeler)

Set Decoration by

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Paul S. Fox
Fred J. Rode
Walter M. Scott

Costume Design by

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Travilla

Makeup Department

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Ben Nye ... makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Henry Weinberger ... assistant director

Sound Department

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Roger Heman Sr. ... sound (as Roger Heman)
E. Clayton Ward ... sound
Etter D'Orazio ... sound editor (uncredited)
Bob Weatherford ... sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Ray Kellogg ... special photographic effects

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Charles Le Maire ... wardrobe director
Sam Benson ... wardrobe (uncredited)
Ed Wynigear ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department

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Bernard Herrmann ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Leonard Doss ... technicolor color consultant
Asoka Rubener ... choreographer (as Asoka)
Ramsay Hill ... technical advisor (uncredited)
Stephen Papich ... dance director (uncredited)
Patrick Whyte ... technical advisor (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

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. Brigadier general J. R. Maitland, whose policy is full equality among whites, learns King knew Kurrum Khan as a boy and charges him with training and commanding native cavalry, which comes along fine. The general's egalitarian daughter Susan Maitland takes a fancy to King, even falls in love but the general decides to send her safely home to England after a kidnapped attempt when King saved her. King volunteers to take out Khurram Khan, the only man who can bring the normally dived local tribes together in revolt, pretending to have deserted... Written by KGF Vissers

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Taglines GREAT ADVENTURE OF INDIA! (original print ad - all caps) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Capitaine King (France)
  • El capitán King (Spain)
  • La carica dei Kyber (Italy)
  • Capitaine King (Belgium, French title)
  • Capitaine King (Canada, French title)
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  • 100 min
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Budget $2,190,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Tyrone Power was widely considered too old for his character, as well as unconvincing as an officer in the British army. See more »
Goofs Captain King's pocket watch contains photographic images of his parents (~12:00) which must predate their stated 1833 date of death. The earliest known photograph of a person by Daguerre is from 1838 and were all exposed onto metallic silver plates. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Night of the Long Knives (1966). See more »
Quotes Brig. Gen. J. R. Maitland: You can't marry him Susan
Susan Maitland: Say what you're thinking Father!
Brig. Gen. J. R. Maitland: He's a half caste...
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