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King of the Khyber Rifles

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1953 | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

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Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
If you count yourself among anyone interested in what war does to people and people who like their stories with a little heart-flutter, this one's for you. It puts you in the middle of the fighting, and doesn't let you forget the cost.
The mood
Warm and romantic.
The pace
Quiet, then quietly devastating, at 1 hr 40 min.
What might put you off
  • Made in 1953: an older pace and style.
  • Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.

Freshly arrived Sandhurst-trained Captain Alan King, better versed in Pashtun then any of the veterans and born locally as army brat, survives an attack on his escort to his Northwest Frontier province garrison near the Khyber pass because of Ahmed, a native Afridi deserter from the Muslim fanatic rebel Karram Khan's forces. As soon as his fellow officers learn his mother was a native Muslim which got his parents disowned even by their own families, he falls prey to stubborn prejudiced discrimination, Lieutenant Geoffrey Heath even moves out of their quarters, except from half-Irish Lt. Ben Baird.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $4 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 7K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Henry King

  • Tyrone PowerCapt. Alan King
  • Terry MooreSusan Maitland
  • Michael RennieBrig. Gen. J. R. Maitland
  • John JustinLt. Geoffrey Heath
  • Guy RolfeKarram Khan
  • Richard WylerLt. Ben Baird
  • Murray MathesonMaj. Ian MacAllister
  • Frank De KovaAli Nur
  • Argentina BrunettiLali
  • Sujata RubenerNative Dancer