Clive of India

Clive of India

94 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance, War, History | Jan. 25, 1935

Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.

Clive of India

94 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance, War, History | Jan. 25, 1935

Clive of India
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers United Artists, 20th Century Pictures
Original title Clive of India
Directors William Forsyth, Richard Boleslawski, Ben Silvey
Writers R. J. Minney, W.P. Lipscomb

Cast

Ronald Colman

as Robert Clive

Loretta Young

as Margaret Maskelyne

Colin Clive

as Capt. Johnstone

Francis Lister

as Edmund Maskelyne

C. Aubrey Smith

as Prime Minister

Cesar Romero

as Mir Jaffar

Montagu Love

as Governor Pigot

Lumsden Hare

as Sergeant Clark

Ferdinand Munier

as Admiral Watson

Gilbert Emery

as Mr. Sullivan

Leo G. Carroll

as Mr. Manning

Etienne Girardot

as Mr. Warburton

Robert Greig

as Mr. Pemberton

Mischa Auer

as Suraj Ud Dowlah

Ferdinand Gottschalk

as Old Member

Doris Lloyd

as Mrs. Nixon

Edward Cooper

as Clive's Butler

Eily Malyon

as Mrs. Clifford

Joseph R. Tozer

as Sir Frith

Phyllis Clare

as Margaret's Friend

Leonard Mudie

as General Burgoyne

Phillip Dare

as Captain George