An American military officer stands accused of murdering a British soldier in post-Second World War India. However, his attorney soon makes a shocking discovery - only to fall foul of a high-level cover-up. Crime drama, starring Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard and Barry Sullivan
In India after the war, tensions rise between the US and Britain when an American lieutenant murders a British staff sergeant. Evidence that the American is insane and a racist is covered up, since the big brass on both sides want him executed. This is a tightly compressed drama that deals with the hangover of the war and associated moral issues. Knocked off quickly by director Guy Hamilton before he began work on Goldfinger, it's a rather stodgy, self-important effort, with Robert Mitchum and Trevor Howard enjoying a few rounds together before Ryan's Daughter. The eagle-eyed will note the name Pennebaker on the credits. This was Marlon Brando's company, which had bought the rights to Howard Fast's original novel as a possible project about one of the actor's obsessions, the relationship between Asia and the west. France Nuyen, Brando's Eurasian girlfriend, ended up playing a nurse.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Lt Col Barney Adams | Robert Mitchum |
| Kate Davray | France Nuyen |
| General Kempton | Barry Sullivan |
| Major Kensington | Trevor Howard |
| Lt Winston | Keenan Wynn |
| Major Kaufman | Sam Wanamaker |
| Colonel Burton | Alexander Knox |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Guy Hamilton |
