North West Frontier (film)

North West Frontier titled Flame Over India in the US and Empress of India in Australia is a 1959 British CinemaScope adventure film starring Kenneth More and Lauren Bacall. The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Robin Estridge and also features Wilfrid HydeWhite, Herbert Lom and I. S. Johar.

North West Frontier, British India, 1905 a Hindu maharajah asks British Army Captain Scott Kenneth More to take his son, Prince Kishan, to the safety of the Governors Residence in Haserabad because a Muslim uprising has begun in his province. Accompanying them is a widow, Mrs Wyatt Lauren Bacall, the princes American nannygoverness. Soon after they leave, the rebels storm the palace and kill the maharajah.On arrival at Haserabad, Captain Scott sees that many local Hindus and Europeans are leaving on the last train to Kalapur. After it leaves, the rebels close in and take control of the outer wall and gate beside the railway yard. The British governor then tells Scott that he must take the young prince to Kalapur because it has become too dangerous to keep him in Haserabad. In the railyard, the British captain discovers the Empress of India, an old, obsolete engine lovingly cared for by its driver Gupta I. S. Johar and a battered old carriage. ........

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