The Long Duel
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ken Annakin
Yul Brynner
Trevor Howard
Harry Andrews
Andrew Keir
Charlotte Rampling
Film Details
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Synopsis
In India in the 1920's, British police officer Freddy Young strongly opposes his government's harsh treatment of local Bhantas, most recently reflected in his senior colleague Stafford's interment of the Bhantas following allegations of poaching made by a local landowner. Sultan, the Bhanta chief, engineers an escape from the fort, taking with him a small band of loyal followers and his pregnant wife. When she dies in labor on the long ride back to the hills, Sultan resolves to deliver his people from their bondage. Although the British officers regard Sultan as a dangerous criminal, Young recognizes him as a fellow idealist and an enemy to respect. Young's admiration for the chief conflicts with his assignment to capture the rebel; he even spares Sultan's life during a religious festival. While Stafford's daughter Jane is moved by Young's concern for the tribe and its leader, British authorities demand the immediate capture of Sultan. Young reluctantly agrees to bait the trap by putting Bhanta women and children on a train ostensibly bound for New Delhi. When Sultan intercepts the train, the British police are waiting for him. Many men, women, and children are killed in the ensuing battle, but Sultan and a few other survivors escape. Finally Young decides to plead with Sultan to give himself up, and the two antagonists meet for the first time. Both men begrudgingly respect each other, but Sultan refuses to surrender. Returning to the fort, Young learns that Champa, a captured Indian girl, has been tortured into betraying Sultan's location. While the British assemble to destroy the leader and his followers, Young seeks out Sultan to warn him. But he is too late; the chieftain is already mortally wounded. At their final meeting, Young agrees to raise the dying Sultan's young son as his own.
Director
Ken Annakin
Cast
Yul Brynner
Trevor Howard
Harry Andrews
Andrew Keir
Charlotte Rampling
Virginia North
Laurence Naismith
Maurice Denham
Imogen Hassall
Paul Hardwick
Antonio Padilla Ruiz
David Sumner
Rafiq Anwar
George Pastell
Shivendra Sinha
Zohra Segal
Norman Florence
Kurt Christian
Dino Shafeek
Terry Yorke
Tommy Reeves
Jimmy Lodge
Patrick Newell
Jeremy Lloyd
Terence Alexander
Marianne Stone
Edward Fox
Bakshi Prem
Toni Canal
Ramón Serrano
Ben Tatar
Aldo Sambrell
Monish Bose
Naseem Khan
Shymala Devi
Shirley Sen Suptha
Jamila Massey
Crew
Ken Annakin
Rafiq Anwar
Ken Barker
Bert Bates
Bert Batt
Jean Bear
Don Black
Ernest Borneman
Sydney Box
Jackie Breed
Mary Bruce
Ken Buckle
John Cabrera
Ted Clements
Vivian A. Cox
Trevor Crole-rees
Josie Fulford
John Furness
Frank Sherwin Green
Jim Groom
Charles Guerin
Bernard Hanson
Jack Hildyard
Vince Hill
Jimmy Komisarjevsky
Dudley Lovell
Ted Mason
Joy Mercer
Dudley Messenger
Julio Molina
Geoffrey Orme
Dick Parker
Clive Reed
Gregorio Sacristan
Scheherazade
Patrick John Scott
Patrick John Scott
Ranveer Singh
Arthur Taksen
Alex Vetchinsky
Peter Yeldham
Aida Young
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Notes
Location scenes filmed in Spain. Released in Great Britain in August 1967.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in England March 1967
c Technicolor
rtg BBFC U
CinemaScope
