North West Frontier (film)
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| Directed by | J. Lee Thompson |
| Written by | Robin Estridge Frank S. Nugent |
| Story by | Patrick Ford Will Price |
| Produced by | Marcel Hellman |
| Starring | Kenneth More Lauren Bacall Herbert Lom Wilfrid Hyde-White I. S. Johar |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Edited by | Frederick Wilson |
| Music by | Mischa Spoliansky |
Production company | Rank Organisation Film Productions |
| Distributed by | The Rank Organisation |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £500,000 |
North West Frontier (USA: Flame Over India; Australia: Empress of India) is a 1959 British Eastmancolor adventure film starring Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Wilfrid Hyde-White and I. S. Johar. The CinemaScope film was produced by Marcel Hellman and directed by J. Lee Thompson. It was a commercial success at the British box-office in 1959. The film's success led to J. Lee Thompson beginning his American career as a director.
The film is set in the North West Frontier Province of British India (now within modern Pakistan). It explores the ethnic tensions within British India after Muslim rebels attack a fortress and kill a Hindu maharajah.