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Oliver Reed stars in this action adventure set in India during the 1850s. After being thrown out of his regiment when he is accused of cowardice in action, Lt. Case (Ronald Lewis) exacts his revenge on those responsible by joining forces with a local band of rebel tribesmen led by colourful chieftan Ali Khan (Reed).
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: A 1960's classic, The Brigand Of Kandahar is one of Hammer's finest historical adventures. 1880, the Indian Desert. The British Army face scorching temperatures and savage warriors. Oliver Reed (Gladiator, Oliver!) plays the Eli Khan, leader of the local rebel tribesman that come to the aid of a disgraced British officer who is looking for revenge. ...The Brigand of Kandahar
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By A. W. Wilson
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Format:DVD
Childhood memories reign don't they? I have waited a long time to see this film and I wasn't disapointe4d, though many might be. It is possibly the most studio bound "adventure" film ever. Quite like the vintage BBC serials of the 50's, you can almost hear a director murmering "Run Telecine". Any "location" shots including battle scenes and others are lifted from director John Gilling's "Zarak" (courtesy "Hammer Vault" book), but there are still some pretty violent studio battles and fights. The story is old hat - Half caste British Officer (lewis) cashiered for cowardice (wrongly) of course, joins bandit tribesman Oliver Reed on Northwest Frontier circa 1850, Fun and games follow up to a good ending. Lewis is stolid, Reed overacts splendidly - he laughs a lot - and the women are lovely - Yvonne Romain as Reed's sister who falls in love with Lewis, and the underrated Catherine Woodville as Lewis's mistress. The action flows along nicely directed by Gilling. It's a shame about the matching of the Zarak" footage which is on a massive scale, and the sets of our film, but I have to say, I enjoyed nearly every minute. The print from Studio Canal is excellent and at the price and cos it's rare (and I liked it) I recomend it to fans of the stars and Hammer films.
By Peter Pan
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I expect, in it's day this film was the feature of the show, with a couple of big names hopefully pulling-in the audiences. It's a typical Hammer Film but without the horror factor. Hammer Horrors were the real draw at the box office despite being thrown together, re-used or re-invented stories of thousand year old Mummys and Vampires, Goblings and Ghosts. Oliver Reed stars in this little creation of someone's imagination, but by the time this film was made, Ollie had been on the bottle for sometime and it shows in places where he wasn't quite able to keep to timing in the sword play and punch-up scenes, a pity really that he went the way of the bottle, he had great potential at the beginning of his career, it was a major factor in his death. The story has the British Army stationed in India keeping the Russians out of the country, I can't stop thinking it's so much like "Carry On Up The Khyber," how poorly made it was, but when all's said and done, it still has a place in the history of British Cinema!
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Scion
Format:DVD
The film looks beautiful, especially after years of nth-generation copies off of television. No extras are included on the disc, not even a trailer - a major oversight. John Gilling does what he can with a so-so script, but the cast is good, and includes the incredibly beautiful Yvonne Romain, perhaps the top in Hammer Glamour. Oliver Reed is in top form, and you may recognize a guest-star from an episode of the original Star Trek tv-series in this! A must-have for Hammer collectors.
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