Bengal Brigade

1954 film by László Benedek

October 27, 1954 (1954-10-27)

Running time

87 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Bengal Brigade is a 1954 American adventure war film directed by Laslo Benedek and starring Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl and Ursula Thiess.^[1]^[2] The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, based on the 1952 novel Bengal Tigers by Hall Hunter.^[3] It was released in Britain as Bengal Rifles.

Plot

Set in British India in 1857, at the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny. A British officer, Captain Claybourne (Rock Hudson), is cashiered from his regiment over a charge of disobeying orders, but finds that his duty to his men is far from over. He loves his Colonel's daughter (Arlene Dahl) and redeems himself in fighting renegade Sepoys.

Cast

Rock Hudson as Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne
Arlene Dahl as Vivian Morrow
Ursula Thiess as Latah
Torin Thatcher as Col. Morrow
Arnold Moss as Rajah Karam
Dan O'Herlihy as Capt. Ronald Blaine
Harold Gordon as Hari Lal
Michael Ansara as Sgt. Maj. Furan Singh
Leonard Strong as Mahindra
Shepard Menken as Bulbir
Sujata Rubener as Indian Dancer
Asoka Rubener as Indian Dancer
Jack Raine as Col. Rivers
Ramsay Hill as Maj. Jennings
Leslie Denison as Capt. Ian McLeod
John Dodsworth as Capt. Guy Fitz-Morell
Paul Marion as Hardev
Charles Wagenheim as Headman
Robert Bice as Native Sergeant
Hy Anzell as Sepoy
Mel Welles as Merchant
Frank Lackteen as Merchant

References

^ Bego p.65
^ Richards p.360
^ Goble p.234

Bibliography

Bego, Mark. Rock Hudson: Public and Private : an Unauthorized Biography. New American Library, 1986.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Richards, Jeffrey. Visions of Yesterday. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973.