The Long Duel
1967 British film
- Yul Brynner
- Trevor Howard
- Charlotte Rampling
- Harry Andrews
Production
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London Independent Producers
Release date
- 27 July 1967 (1967-07-27)
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The Long Duel is a 1967 British adventure film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Charlotte Rampling and Harry Andrews. It is set in British-ruled India of the 1920s but was filmed in Spain.
Plot
Superintendent Stafford of the United Provinces Police has his men arrest an entire tribe on vague allegations of poaching and theft in British India. Sultan, their leader, is also arrested and held in a cell with criminals in Fort Najibabad. Sultan, his wife Tara and many others manage to break out, but Tara and her newborn child both die. Sultan, with the help of his men, revolts against the oppressive British, leading to bitter battles and a final showdown.
Cast
- Yul Brynner as Sultan
- Trevor Howard as Young
- Harry Andrews as Stafford
- Charlotte Rampling as Jane
- Virginia North as Champa
- Andrew Keir as Gungaram
- Laurence Naismith as McDougal
- Maurice Denham as Governor
- George Pastell as Ram Ghand
- Antoñito Ruiz as Munnu
- Imogen Hassall as Tara
- Paul Hardwick as Jamadar
- David Sumner as Gyan Singh
- Rafiq Anwar as Pahelwan
- Shivendra Sinha as Abdul
- Zohra Sehgal as Devi
- Dino Shafeek as Akbar
- Patrick Newell as Colonel
- Jeremy Lloyd as Crabbe
- Terence Alexander as Major
- Marianne Stone as Major's Wife
- Edward Fox as Hardwicke
Production
The film was to be shot in India with British and Indian financing. When the Indian financing fell through, the film was then shot in Spain with Rank Films providing the entire budget.[3] It was the first time Rank entirely financed a movie in 20 years.[4]
References
- ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 360
- ^ "Kinematograph Weekly-1967". Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ^ Andrew Spicer, Sydney Box Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 199
- ^ £1 million picture Date: Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1966 Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 21925
External links
- The Long Duel at IMDb
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Films directed by Ken Annakin
- It Began on the Clyde (1946)
- Fenlands (1946)
- Holiday Camp (1947)
- Miranda (1948)
- Broken Journey (1948)
- Here Come the Huggetts (1948)
- Quartet (1948)
- Vote for Huggett (1949)
- The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
- Landfall (1949)
- Double Confession (1950)
- Trio (1950)
- Hotel Sahara (1951)
- The Story of Robin Hood (1952)
- The Planter's Wife (1952)
- The Sword and the Rose (1953)
- You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
- The Seekers (1954)
- Value for Money (1955)
- Loser Takes All (1956)
- Three Men in a Boat (1956)
- Across the Bridge (1957)
- Nor the Moon by Night (1958)
- Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
- Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
- Very Important Person (1961)
- The Hellions (1961)
- The Fast Lady (1962)
- The Longest Day (1962)
- Crooks Anonymous (1962)
- The Informers (1963)
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
- Battle of the Bulge (1965)
- The Perils of Pauline (1967, part)
- The Long Duel (1967)
- The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
- Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969)
- The Call of the Wild (1972)
- Paper Tiger (1975)
- Murder at the Mardi Gras (1978)
- The Pirate (1978)
- The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
- Institute for Revenge (1979)
- Cheaper to Keep Her (1981)
- The Pirate Movie (1982)
- The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)
- Genghis Khan (unfinished)
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