| North West Frontier | |
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| Directed by | J. Lee Thompson |
| Written by | Robin Estridge Frank S. Nugent |
| Story by | Patrick Ford Will Price |
| Produced by | Marcel Hellman |
| Starring | Kenneth More Lauren Bacall Herbert Lom Wilfrid Hyde-White I. S. Johar |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Edited by | Frederick Wilson |
| Music by | Mischa Spoliansky |
Production company | Rank Organisation Film Productions[1] |
| Distributed by | The Rank Organisation |
Release date |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £500,000[2] |
North West Frontier (USA: Flame Over India; Australia: Empress of India)[3] is a 1959 British Eastmancolor adventure film starring Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Wilfrid Hyde-White and I. S. Johar. The CinemaScope film was produced by Marcel Hellman and directed by J. Lee Thompson. It was a commercial success at the British box-office in 1959. The film's success led to J. Lee Thompson beginning his American career as a director.[4]
The film is set in the North West Frontier Province of British India (now within modern Pakistan). It explores the ethnic tensions within British India after Muslim rebels attack a fortress and kill a Hindu maharajah.
- ^ "North West Frontier (1959)". BFI Screenonline. 2003–2014. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Chibnall p 204
- ^ Thompson, Howard (30 April 1960). "Review: Flame over India". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ "Northwest Frontier". Time Out. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2017.