The Stranglers of Bombay
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12/4/1959Runtime
80 minsOverview
In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of thousands of Indians while pirating the shipments of the British East-Indian Tea Company. As the British military leaders play down the implications of the piracy and disappearances, a lone captain realizes that they are not just coincidence and sets out to uncover the source of the deviltry, at the risk of his career. Based on history.
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A pulpy period thriller where a British officer battles bureaucratic indifference to expose a terrifying criminal conspiracy rooted in religious fanaticism. It's a fever-dream of imperial gothic wrapped in the trappings of historical authenticity.
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Guy Rolfe
Capt. Harry Lewis
Allan Cuthbertson
Capt. Christopher Connaught-Smith
Andrew Cruickshank
Col. Henderson
George Pastell
High Priest of Kali
Marne Maitland
Patel Shari
Jan Holden
Mary Lewis
Paul Stassino
Lt. Silver
Tutte Lemkow
Ram Das
Roger Delgado
Bundar (uncredited)
John Harvey
Burns (uncredited)
Marie Devereux
Karim (uncredited)
Margaret Gordon
Dorothy Flood (uncredited)
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