Nine Hours to Rama
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Mark Robson
Horst Buchholz
Jose Ferrer
Valerie Gearon
Don Borisenko
Robert Morley
Film Details
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Synopsis
Following his rejection from the British Army because of his Brahmin ancestry, a young Indian, Naturam Godse, learns that his child bride and his father have been killed during communal riots. After promising his mother to fight violence with violence, Natu joins a reactionary political group opposing Mahatma Gandhi and his policy of nonviolence. While employed as a newspaper editor, he falls in love with Rani Mehta, a beautiful married woman who is a firm believer in the teachings of the Mahatma, but their affair ends because of political differences. Natu is then ordered to assassinate Gandhi during a prayer meeting at the home of an Indian industrialist. As Natu and his confederate, Naryan Apte, await the appointed hour of the execution, Natu recalls the events of his early life. Suddenly beset by doubts, he spends a few drunken hours with a Punjabi prostitute named Sheila and then seeks out Rani. When she once more rejects him, he decides to go through with his assignment. Although Gopal Das, the local police chief, has learned of the assassination plot, he is unable to persuade Gandhi to postpone the prayer meeting. Rani also learns of the plan but arrives too late to prevent Natu from firing the fatal shots. Knowing he has killed a great man and that he must be executed for his crime, Natu allows himself to be dragged off by Das's officers.
Director
Mark Robson
Cast
Horst Buchholz
Jose Ferrer
Valerie Gearon
Don Borisenko
Robert Morley
Diane Baker
Harry Andrews
Jairaj
David Abraham
Achla Sachdev
Marne Maitland
Harold Goldblatt
Wolfe Morris
Francis Matthews
Nagendra Nath
Jack Hedley
Bobby Naidoo
Allan Cuthbertson
Peter Illing
Jagdev
Frank Olegario
Joseph Cuby
Shay Gorman
Nigel Phoenix
Harold Kasket
Christopher Carlos
S. N. Selk
Julian Sherrier
M. Y. Shaikh
Manohargin
Jagdish Raj
Keshov Singh
Sheri Mohan
Kurt Christian
Shashi Pameholi
Thali Kouri
Ishaq Bux
Kunlan Malik
Lal Bahadur
R. S. Bansal
Rani Verma
Baseo Panday
J. S. Casshyap
Crew
Betty Adamson
Malcolm Arnold
Saul Bass
Ivor Beddoes
Reg Bream
Maurice Budge
Larry Cleary
Anthony Condon
Freddie Cooper
R. L. M. Davidson
Rita Davison
Michael Dempsey
Peter Elliott
David Ffolkes
Harold Fletcher
Chimankant Gandhi
Nelson Gidding
David Giffard
Barbara Gillett
Kip Gowans
John Graysmark
Norman Gryspeerdt
Joyce Herlihy
Mickey Hickey
Irene Howard
Harry Hunt
Arthur Ibbetson
Tommy Ibbetson
Bill Isaacs
John Jarvis
L. Kelly
Bob Mcnaught
David Middlemas
Harry Miller
Margaret Miller
Ted Moore
P. L. Pace
Tony Pratt
Tom Ramsey
Mark Robson
Mark Robson
Tom Sachs
Wally Schneiderman
Elaine Schreyeck
Elliot Scott
Baba Shaikh
J. B. Smith
Tony Spratling
John Streeter
Pearl Tipaldi
Gerry Turner
Ernest Walter
Paul Wilson
John Winbolt
Harvey Woods
Ram Yedekar
Film Details
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Notes
Location scenes filmed in India. Opened in London in March 1963. Also known as Nine Hours To Live.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1963
CinemaScope
Released in United States 1963
