North West Frontier (1959) on Netflix
NR19592h 9m
On British India's North West Frontier in 1905, a maharajah asks Captain Scott to carry his son, Prince Kishan, to safety as Muslim rebels rise. The boy's governess, Mrs. Wyatt, goes along.
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Plot summary
Muslim rebels have risen in the frontier province of British India. A Hindu maharajah asks Captain Scott of the British Army to get his young son, Prince Kishan, away to the governor's residence at Haserabad, and the boy's governess, the American widow Mrs. Wyatt, travels with them. Haserabad is already under siege when they arrive, so the governor orders Scott to carry the prince on to Kalapur. In the railyard Scott finds an old engine called the Empress of India, kept going by its driver, Gupta. Scott puts Mrs. Wyatt, Prince Kishan, the arms dealer Mr. Peters, Mr. Bridie, two soldiers and the Dutch journalist Mr. Peter van Leyden aboard. The engine rolls out of the yard, and its whistle alerts the rebels.
Cast
- Govind Raja Rossas Prince Kishan
- Basil Hoskinsas A.D.C.
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- Jaron Yaltanas Indian Correspondent
- Homi Bodeas Indian Correspondent
- Ronald Cardewas Staff Colonel at Kalapur Station
- S.M. Asgarallias Havildar - 1st. Indian Soldier
- Sam Chowdharyas 2nd. Indian Soldier
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about North West Frontier (1959)
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- The film led to J. Lee Thompson being hired to direct The Guns of Navarone: after the original director, Alexander Mackendrick, was fired, its star Gregory Peck saw North West Frontier and agreed for Thompson to take over.
- Olivia de Havilland was originally announced as the female lead of the film; Lauren Bacall's casting was announced in January 1959.
- A massive film set was built for the train's escape from the besieged town: stone walls 120 m long and 8 m high, plus twin towers, a gateway and railway track, took 700 workmen about two months to build.
- Kenneth More recalled in his memoirs that the shoot in Rajasthan, India, was physically difficult, with many of the cast and crew falling ill with dysentery and other illnesses.
- Jal Mahal, the "Water Palace" in Jaipur, stood in for the Maharaja's palace at the start of the film; in the 1950s the lake's water levels were so low that horseriders could be filmed riding up to its entrance.
