Presented for the first time on DVD in the UK King of the Khyber Rifles is a classic action adventure by legendary Hollywood director Henry King (The Black Swan The Gunfighter and Twelve O'clock High). Set in colonial India in 1857 Tyrone Power stars as British army officer Captain King. Sent to the threatened garrison post of Peshawar he is shunned by his fellow officers because he is half Indian. The goodwill of his commanding officer General Maitland (Michael Rennie) is further tested when the General's daughter Susan (Terry Moore) falls in love with him.... Ordered to train the fierce native Khyber Riflemen into an efficient fighting regiment King is driven to prove his loyalty to the Crown by quelling a brutal uprising that is led by his Indian boyhood friend (Guy Rolfe). King's first fight however will be to win the respect of the men of the Khyber Rifles. [show more]
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Henry King directs this 1950s adventure drama starring Tyrone Power and Terry Moore. Set in 1857, the story follows British Army Captain Alan King (Power) who, while stationed in India, meets opposition from his comrades when they realise that his mother was a Muslim. He is eventually put in charge of native cavalry and is tasked with negotiating with rebel leader Karram Khan (Guy Rolfe), who he knew as a child. Meanwhile, Alan becomes romantically involved with his superior officer's daughter Susan (Moore).
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