Sources of uniforms and scenarios for Colonial gaming ;)

[robh]

For pre VHS fans a few links to golden age war/adventure movies set in Colonial India and the North West Frontier. All full movies and working links.
These are old and forgotten “gems”, Modern classics like The Man who would be King are also on YouTube, but any serious Colonial fan is going to have them in the DVD collection anyway.

There are others I have not linked which lack a specific military adventure aspect but are set in the same background, movies like “Wee Willie Winkie 1937” and “The Black Watch 1929”. I have also not listed the many, many French Foreign Legion movies.

The Long Duel 1967


North West Frontier 1959


King of the Khyber Rifles 1953


Khyber Patrol 1954


Three Sergeants of Bengal 1964


Gunga Din 1939


Kim 1950


And one geographically confused offering, just because it was there:

East of Sudan 1964



Enjoy, and if you know of any other forgotten classics that can be viewed in full please add the links (especially if you know where to find the complete 1936 Errol Flynn version of "The Charge of the Light Brigade"

[FifteensAway]

6th of 8 blocked for copyright - which probably applies to all of those titles.  I have the DVD for King of the Khyber Rifles.  Haven't seen Kim in ages.  Did not know most of the other titles.

[Tom Dulski]

oh fantastic all new for me

[Mad Guru]

Wow, a topic after my own heart!

Here are a few equally or maybe even more obscure additions, all set in my go-to colonial theatre of operations of India and/or Afghanistan:

Zarak (1956)

[FULL MOVIE FREE ON YOUTUBE]
https://tubitv.com/movies/100005885/zarak?https://tubitv.com/home?utm_source=_dsa_null_broad_legacy_null_films&utm_medium=adwords_cpc&utm_campaign=null-null-us_nb_variable_search_desktop_google_null_biddable_en_titles&gad_source=2&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIt6-Dw7OciAMVSSitBh1uoinkEAEYAiAAEgKhxfD_BwE

The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
[this LINK is to a free trailer as the full movie is not available for free AFAIK, but I believe you can watch it on Amazon Prime & a few other platforms; NOTE: the villain is played by Oliver Reed!]


Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
[FULL MOVIE FREE ON YOUTUBE; this one is an odd combo of NWF military adventure and searing psychological thriller.  I can't say it succeeds in fulfilling the promise of either genre, BUT it does boast an incredible cast: Michael York, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York.]


(PREVIOUSLY POSTED DUPLICATE ENTRY REMOVED)

The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)

[Plynkes]

Guru, North West Frontier was on the original list.

I thought you were the mad guru, not the blind one. 


(only kidding, mate.)


Personally, I think NWF is simply okay. BUT, it is boosted into the 'well worth watching' category by the inclusion of Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom and a TRAIN! in it. Movies are always made better by being set on a train.

[Mad Guru]

Plynkes -- you magnificent b@stard -- you read my post!!!  Apologies for the error on my part....

This is what comes of posting on topics close to your heart long after the daily expiration time on your mind has run out -- aka: roundabout 3:30am.  After seeing your mercilessly accurate castigation I considered going back to edit my above post and then say you were mistaken, but I could not so dishonor myself!  ...At least not in connection to a Colonial topic.  As they say in the NBA: 2 points for you!  But... as they say on the North-West Frontier, and in Brooklyn, where I grew up: watch your back, mate!  From here on, I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for even the slightest error on your part!  Not that such a thing could ever occur......

EDIT: I decided it would be best to remove the "double dip" link I mistakenly included in my above post, even while leaving this mea culpa up.  I hope this will void any pending fine from the LAF authorities for my erroneous duplicate entry!

PS. Plynkes: I actually very much agree with everything you say about "Flame Over India" -- not a great movie but Lauren Bacall and Herbert Lom are always great and trains are almost always cinematic gold, this being an excellent example of such.

[robh]

 

Glad to see I am not the only classic movie fan.
Zarak is indeed available on YouTube (linked here as sadly Tubi is US only):

Zarak (ignore the confusing title screen image)


And now you have me searching for a version of Brigand of Kandahar which I was not aware of. I found a low quality copy very badly dubbed into Spanish on You Tube but will keep looking.

[CapnJim]

@ Mad Guru:  Do you really expect us to believe that they use the word "mate" in Brooklyn?   

And while these 2 are not what I would call obscure, how about Gungha Din and The Man Who Would be King? 

[Mad Guru]

CapnJim,

Now I must serve for you the harsh but true role Plynkes served for me: both Gunga Din (I repeat, IMHO one of the best movies ever made!) and The Man Who Would Be King were mentioned in Rob's original post creating this thread -- the first as an entry, the second as a modern classic "exception" that most colonial minded gamers will already have their own copy of.  Certainly two great entires nonetheless.  Arguably two of the very greatest.  But if we are keeping with the original intent of this thread, now we must shift back to the "Bazaar of Obscurities" Colonial Film Festival Program...

PS. With regard to the use of "mate" in my hometown of Brooklyn, New York: I... plead... GUILTY!!! I only included it as a riposte to our illustrious moderator.

robh,

I actually happen to have watched "The Brigand of Kandahar" in its entirety about a year ago and while not great by any means, it was not terrible, and Oliver Reed gave a memorable performance, so definitely worth searching for a version accessible where you're at, and I hope you succeed!

[CapnJim]

Mad Guru,

    Well, I'll be hornswoggled.  I sit corrected....those movies were indeed mentioned in the OP...