King of the Khyber Rifles

1h 40min

Adventure

Drama

Romance

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.

Cast

Tyrone Power

Tyrone Power

Capt. Alan King
Terry Moore

Terry Moore

Susan Maitland
Michael Rennie

Michael Rennie

Brig. Gen. J. R. Maitland
John Justin

John Justin

Lt. Geoffrey Heath
Guy Rolfe

Guy Rolfe

Karram Khan
Richard Wyler

Richard Wyler

Lt. Ben Baird
Murray Matheson

Murray Matheson

Maj. Ian MacAllister
Sujata Rubener

Sujata Rubener

Native Dancer
Patrick Whyte

Patrick Whyte

Lt. White (uncredited)
Lal Chand Mehra

Lal Chand Mehra

Tribal Chieftain (uncredited)
John Farrow

John Farrow

Cpl. Stuart (uncredited)
Alberto Morin

Alberto Morin

Rahim Bey (uncredited)
Richard Peel

Richard Peel

Sgt. Fowler (uncredited)
Stephen Soldi

Stephen Soldi

Villager (uncredited)
Bhogwan Singh

Bhogwan Singh

Tribal Chieftain (uncredited)
Gavin Muir

Gavin Muir

Maj. Lee - Doctor (uncredited)
Jack Tornek

Jack Tornek

Soldier (uncredited)
Art Felix

Art Felix

Soldier (uncredited)

Release date

23rd Dec 1953

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English