The Long Duel

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The Long Duel (1967)

PG 07/27/1967 (GB) Drama, Action, Adventure 1h 55m

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

Overview

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.

Ken Annakin

Director
Peter Yeldham

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Yul Brynner

Sultan
Trevor Howard

Freddie Young
Charlotte Rampling

Jane Stafford
Harry Andrews

Miles Stafford
Andrew Keir

Gungaram
Virginia North

Champa
Laurence Naismith

McDougal
Maurice Denham

Governor
Imogen Hassall

Tara
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A review by John Chard

40%

Written by John Chard on January 11, 2014

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 chara... read the rest.

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