Storm Over Bengal

Storm Over Bengal

65 mins | Adventure | Nov. 14, 1938

This being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed in its entirety in the San Fernando Valley. Within its concise 65 minutes, the film manages to accommodate a Bengal Lancers main plot, a romantic subplot, the obligatory coward who makes good, intrigue aplenty from a villainous Indian potentate, and an outsized climactic battle between the rebels and the British forces. Patric Knowles, previously one of the leads in the British-India epic Charge of the Light Brigade, heads the cast. Worth noting is the presence in the cast of Richard Cromwell as secondary romantic lead Neil Allison and Douglass Dumbrille as the despicable Khan. Three years earlier, Cromwell had been tortured by Dumbrille's minions in Lives of a Bengal Lancer, and he undergoes much the same treatment here-"just to make him feel at home" observed film historian Roger Dooley.

Storm Over Bengal

65 mins | Adventure | Nov. 14, 1938

Storm Over Bengal
This being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed in its entirety in the San Fernando Valley. Within its concise 65 minutes, the film manages to accommodate a Bengal Lancers main plot, a romantic subplot, the obligatory coward who makes good, intrigue aplenty from a villainous Indian potentate, and an outsized climactic battle between the rebels and the British forces. Patric Knowles, previously one of the leads in the British-India epic Charge of the Light Brigade, heads the cast. Worth noting is the presence in the cast of Richard Cromwell as secondary romantic lead Neil Allison and Douglass Dumbrille as the despicable Khan. Three years earlier, Cromwell had been tortured by Dumbrille's minions in Lives of a Bengal Lancer, and he undergoes much the same treatment here-"just to make him feel at home" observed film historian Roger Dooley.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Republic Pictures
Original title Storm Over Bengal
Directors Sidney Salkow
Writers

Cast

Patric Knowles

as Captain Jeffrey Allison

Richard Cromwell

as Lt. Neil Allison

Rochelle Hudson

as Joan Lattimore

Douglass Dumbrille

as Ramin Khan

Colin Tapley

as Hallett

Gilbert Emery

as Colonel Torrance

Douglas Walton

as Terry

Halliwell Hobbes

as Sir John Galt

John Burton

as Sir Austin Carter

Clyde Cook

as Alf

Claud Allister

as Redding

Pedro de Cordoba

as Abdul Mir

Edward Van Sloan

as Maharajah of Lhanapur

Guy Bellis

as Soldier

Yakima Canutt

as Tribesman

Guy D'Ennery

as Tribesman

John Davidson

as Aide to Ramin Khan

Ralph Dunn

as Soldier

Frank Ellis

as Tribesman

Lal Chand Mehra

as Aide to Abdul Mir

Bob Reeves

as Soldier

Dorothy Tree

as Mrs. Massarene

Bud Wolfe

as Tribesman