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Plot

Northwest Frontier was the original British title for Flame Over India. When the Moslems attack a British fortress in colonial India, it is imperative that the local Maharaja's son be taken to safety. The man for the job is commander Kenneth More, who uses a rusty old train for that purpose. Among the other fugitives is the boy's British governess Lauren Bacall and the untrustworthy Herbert Lom. A cat-and-mouse session between good and bad guys segues into a heart-pounding chase through the frontier. Welcome comedy relief is in the hands of I.S. Johar as a grizzled old engineer. It looks like a western and sounds like a western, and the original title Northwest Frontier completes the illusion that we're watching Cowboys and Indians rather than Indians and Moslems.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Action
Run Time:
129min.
DVD Release Date:
05/12/2009
Distributor(s):
J. Arthur Rank Productions
Director(s):
J. Lee Thompson
Starring:
Kenneth C. Moore , Lauren Bacall , Herbert Lom , I.S. Johar
Themes:
Daring Rescues,Culture Clash
Tone:
Rousing,Sweeping,Tense
Keywords:
East Indian,Moslem,captive,captor,danger,escape,escort,love,officer,on-the-road,prince,rescue,royalty