Khyber Patrol | |
Director: | Seymour Friedman |
Producer: | Edward Small |
Story: | Richard Schayer |
Starring: | Richard Egan Dawn Addams Raymond Burr |
Music: | Irving Gertz |
Cinematography: | Charles Van Enger |
Editing: | Chester Schaeffer |
Distributor: | United Artists |
Studio: | World Films |
Runtime: | 71 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Khyber Patrol is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Richard Egan, Dawn Addams and Raymond Burr. The plot focuses on British troops on the Afghanistan border.[1] It was distributed by United Artists as a second feature. The film is similar in theme to King of the Khyber Rifles starring Tyrone Power and Bengal Brigade starring Rock Hudson.[2]
Captain Kyle Cameron, a Canadian serving with the 11th Lancers at Peshawar on the North-West Frontier is reprimanded by his superiors for offending an Afghan leader Ishak Khan and forced to apologize. Cameron still suspects Khan of being in league with the Russians who are attempting to stir up trouble in the Khyber Pass region. Cameron is tricked into sending some men, including his rival for their general daughter Diana Melville, to their deaths. He deliberately gets himself dismissed from the service so that he can infiltrate the Khan's forces and seek revenge.