The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
“Set in the spectacle of mystic India with its glittering mosques, oirental palaces, weird music, bronzed nautch dancers”
In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers led by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed Khan. Surly McGregor and wry, blue-blooded Forsythe are officers in charge of newcomer Lieutenant Stone, the commanding officer’s inexperienced son. Motivated by a grudge toward his father, Lt. Stone allows himself to be captured by the enemy.
Genres
Adventure, Drama, War
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Lives of a Bengal Lancer performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$3.0M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$347K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~33/67, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Adventure) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Alan McGregor
Gary Cooper
Alan McGregor
Forsythe
Franchot Tone
Forsythe
Donald Stone
Richard Cromwell
Donald Stone
Tom Stone
Guy Standing
Tom Stone
Major Hamilton
C. Aubrey Smith
Major Hamilton
Tania Volkanskaya
Kathleen Burke
Tania Volkanskaya
Mohammed Khan
Douglass Dumbrille
Mohammed Khan
Hamzulla Khan
Monte Blue
Hamzulla Khan
Barrett
Colin Tapley
Barrett
Otamanu
Akim Tamiroff
Otamanu
Grand Vizier
J. Carrol Naish
Grand Vizier
Ram Singh
Noble Johnson
Ram Singh
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