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Men of Action: King of the Khyber Rifles

on BBC One London

Starring Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie
with Guy Rolfe

After 100 years of British rule in India, the garrison post of Peshawar is threatened by a tribal revolt.
Tyrone Power plays a young army captain who is given command of the Khyber Rifles, with orders to train them into an efficient fighting force. But he is half-Indian - and immediately he faces the problems of prejudice from his fellow officers...

Screenplay by IVAN GOFF and BEN ROBERTS
Based on the novel by TALBOT MUNDT Producer FRANK P. ROSENBURG Director HENRY KING

Contributors

Unknown:
Tyrone Power
Unknown:
Terry Moore
Unknown:
Michael Rennie
Unknown:
Guy Rolfe
Unknown:
Ivan Goff
Unknown:
Ben Roberts
Novel By:
Talbot Mundt
Producer:
Frank P. Rosenburg
Director:
Henry King
Captain King:
Tyrone Power
Susan Maitland:
Terry Moore
General Maitland:
Michael Rennie
Kurram Khan:
Guy Rolfe
Lt Heath:
John Justin
Lt Baird:
Richard Stapley
Major MacAllister:
Murray Matheson
Ali Nur:
Frank de Kova

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