Directed by Terence Young
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Sony Screen Classics by Request)
A son (Victor Mature) is sent into exile when he is caught with his father's favorite wife. He spends the rest of the movie leading rebels against the occupying British Army in India and Afghanistan. It's almost wall-to-wall action, in fact a little too much action, with character development almost an afterthought. The rebels, played mostly by Caucasians, wear obvious dark makeup to make then appear to be native Indians. Anita Ekberg gets to show her navel and most other body parts in sensuous, if ridiculous, dances that could only come out of 1950s period epics. It does benefit from location shooting in Burma, India and Morocco.
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