The Stranglers of Bombay
Die Wuerger von Bombay
Original title: The Stranglers of Bombay
Original language: enIMDB: tt0054346
TMDB: 85611
Release date: Friday, 4th December 1959
Adult: No
Duration: 1h 20min
Popularity: 3.59
Rate: 6.333 / 27 votes
Overview: In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of thousands of Indians while pirating the shipments of the British East-Indian Tea Company. As the British military leaders play down the implications of the piracy and disappearances, a lone captain realizes that they are not just coincidence and sets out to uncover the source of the deviltry, at the risk of his career. Based on history.
Popularity: 3.59
Rate: 6.333 / 27 votes
Overview: In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of thousands of Indians while pirating the shipments of the British East-Indian Tea Company. As the British military leaders play down the implications of the piracy and disappearances, a lone captain realizes that they are not just coincidence and sets out to uncover the source of the deviltry, at the risk of his career. Based on history.
Directors
Terence Fisher
(Director)
(Director)Writers
David Zelag Goodman
(Screenplay)
(Screenplay)Cast
Guy Rolfe
(Capt. Harry Lewis)
(Capt. Harry Lewis)Allan Cuthbertson
(Capt. Christopher Connaught-Smith)
(Capt. Christopher Connaught-Smith)Andrew Cruickshank
(Col. Henderson)
(Col. Henderson)George Pastell
(High Priest of Kali)
(High Priest of Kali)Marne Maitland
(Patel Shari)
(Patel Shari)Jan Holden
(Mary Lewis)
(Mary Lewis)Paul Stassino
(Lt. Silver)
(Lt. Silver)Tutte Lemkow
(Ram Das)
(Ram Das)Roger Delgado
(Bundar (uncredited))
(Bundar (uncredited))John Harvey
(Burns (uncredited))
(Burns (uncredited))Marie Devereux
(Karim (uncredited))
(Karim (uncredited))Margaret Gordon
(Dorothy Flood (uncredited))
(Dorothy Flood (uncredited))Jack McNaughton
(Corp. Roberts (uncredited))
(Corp. Roberts (uncredited))Warren Mitchell
(Merchant (uncredited))
(Merchant (uncredited))Walter Randall (Thuggee Cult Member (uncredited))
(Thuggee Cult Member (uncredited))
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