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The Long Duel

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5.1/10 • 20

1967-07-271h 55m

DramaActionAdventure

The blazing passions of a land…its proud warriors…its exotic women…bursting aflame in revolt!

An idealistic colonial police officer is sent to capture a rebel leader who threatens the stability of the Raj's north-west frontier. Despite his official colonial capacity, the policeman is impressed by the ingenuity and integrity of his enemy and is determined to arrest him alive rather than bring him in dead as his superiors might wish.

Directors
Ken Annakin
Editors
Bert Bates

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Yul Brynner

    Yul Brynner

    Sultan

  2. Trevor Howard

    Trevor Howard

    Freddie Young

  3. Charlotte Rampling

    Charlotte Rampling

    Jane Stafford

  4. Harry Andrews

    Harry Andrews

    Miles Stafford

  5. Andrew Keir

    Andrew Keir

    Gungaram

  6. Virginia North

    Virginia North

    Champa

  7. Laurence Naismith

    Laurence Naismith

    McDougal

  8. Maurice Denham

    Maurice Denham

    Governor

  9. Imogen Hassall

    Imogen Hassall

    Tara

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John Chard

Jan 11, 2014

4/10

Just…long… Run of the mill historical adventure yarn set on India’s North-West Frontier during the British Raj. Yul Brynner plays rebel tribesman Sultan who is pursued by Brit copper Freddy Young (Trevor Howard), who while chasing down the enigmatic rebel comes to respect him and is unwilling to execute the justice requested by his superiors. The intent to make an historical epic of some worth, that is based on facts, is honourable. It looks nice with an authentic feel to the surroundings of the story, if only it wasn’t so laboured, so full of inane posturing and poorly scripted characters, then it might just about crawl its way to being just above average. It rarely excites, director Ken Annakin unable to inject life into the more perkier aspects of plotting, and a cast that also features Harry Andrews, Charlotte Rampling, Virginia North and Andrew Keir, aren’t tasked with much more than reading their lines efficiently. All in all, not very convincing away form the location photography and costuming. 4/10

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Original Language
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