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Bengal Brigade is a 1954 American adventure war film directed by Laslo Benedek and starring Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl and Ursula Thiess. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, based on the 1952 novel Bengal Tigers by Hall Hunter. It was released in Britain as Bengal Rifles.
Musical supervisor : Joseph GershensonComposers : Daniele Amfitheatrof - Henry Mancini - Milton Rosen - Frank Skinner
Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne is severely punished after disobeying an order. Feeling unworthy of his fiancée Vivian Morrow, the daughter of his superior officer, Claybourne leaves the army until he could regain his reputation.
Set during British India 1857, Captain Clayboune (Rock Hudson) is faced with restoring his reputation after being harshly disciplined for disobeying orders. At the end of 1856, in Northeast India's Malakai Pass, British Colonial troops under the command of Captain Jeffrey Steven Claybourne are staging an attack on Indian rebels' position.
Bengal Brigade is a story of the Sepoy Rebellion in India during the 19th Century or at least a small portion of it seen from Rock Hudson's corner of India. When we meet Hudson he disobeys orders and leads a troop of men to rescue his own former company that was trapped and being cut to pieces by rebels.
The famed Bengal Rifles Regiment, Indian soldiers commanded by British officers, have pursued Siri Nath's rebels to the mountain fortress of Malakai Pass." According to a November 1952 Hollywood Reporter news item, Rudolph Maté was originally set to direct the film, with Tyrone Power as star.
"Bengal Brigade" transports viewers to India during the British Raj. A particularly uncomfortable moment arises when downtrodden soldiers must choose allegiance between their equitable captain, representative of their colonial rulers, and the liberty of their nation after a century of subjugation.
