The British army fights off rampaging locals in 1850s India.The British army fights off rampaging locals in 1850s India.The British army fights off rampaging locals in 1850s India.
- Elsa Connelly
- (as Catherine Woodville)
- Nasty Jailer
- (uncredited)
- Soldier in Shoot-out
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- GoofsDuring a skirmish at the 40-min mark, a brigand signals a British soldier to jump back before attacking him.
- Quotes
Captain Boyd: Nearly a week ago, I presented you with an ultimatum. I'm still waiting for your answer.
Elsa: I've thought about your ultimatum, Captain Boyd. I intend to convey it to Robert Case on his return.
Captain Boyd: That should be at any moment. You've made a wise decision.
Elsa: You leave me with no alternative, of course. Why are you so vindictive?
Elsa: I don't like wives who cheat. Especially with half-castes. And I don't like half-castes who masquerade as officers.
Elsa: I suggest you complain to the War Office who appoint them.
Captain Boyd: Your behaviour has made that quite unnecessary - in this instance, at any rate.
Captain Boyd: It's ironical that your husband should volunteer for special mission with your lover, don't you think?
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: FORT KANDAHAR A British outpost on the North West frontier of India 1850.
- ConnectionsFeatures Zarak (1956)
More troubling than the film's skimpy budget, however, is the casting of its main character. He's supposed to be half-English, half-Indian -- one of those chaps who's worked his way up in the ranks of the British Army but who feels he's still regarded with hostility and suspicion by his colleagues. Not only does Ronald Lewis lack the face for this part, (there's nothing at all Indian about him), but he's also short of the darkly-compelling charisma which might make this character "work." He comes across as a provincial English actor who's dressed up in left-over garb from a production of "Kismet." In his defense, however, it must be said that the script gives him little to work with since his character is poorly developed and too often seems simply like the victim of events going on around him.
Oliver Reed might have been a better choice for the lead but here he plays the villain -- a rebellious chieftain who's said to be "half-mad." Unfortunately, this gives him license to indulge in some theatrical behavior which is more embarrassing than enlivening.
At one point a captured British soldier is whipped by the rebels but even this sure-fire scene is too poorly staged to arouse much interest. (Why didn't the rebels tear the soldier's shirt all the way off? Didn't they take Flogging 101?)
- dinky-4
- Jun 12, 2002
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- Die Letzten von Fort Kandahar
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1