The Stranglers of Bombay (1960)
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17% of users liked it
(295 ratings)
Loosely based on a cult of assassins in early 19th-century India known as "thaga" (pronounced "tahg"), the villains in this routine, part-horror, part suspense story are causing problems in the East India Company and throughout Bombay. It seems that someone is stealing cargo from… More Loosely based on a cult of assassins in early 19th-century India known as "thaga" (pronounced "tahg"), the villains in this routine, part-horror, part suspense story are causing problems in the East India Company and throughout Bombay. It seems that someone is stealing cargo from the company, and many people are unaccountably disappearing. But as usual, the colonial attitude prevails and one officer in the company is too focused on his goal of playing polo in England to see clearly, while the others are equally opaque. So it takes awhile before these Brits realize that the "thaga" cult is strangling the population and inducting new people into its rituals every day. As the assassins wreak havoc in Bombay, one of the company's officers is captured and slated for execution. The cult became so notorious and well-known in its day that the word "thug" entered into common English usage. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Terence Fisher
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Horror
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 15, 1997 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Too bad the melodrama wasn't as gripping as it should have been.
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Cast
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Guy Rolfe
as Capt. Lewis
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Allan Cuthbertson
as Capt. Connaught-Smith
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Andrew Cruickshank
as Col. Henderson
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George Pastell
as High Priest
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Marne Maitland
as Patel Shari
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Jan Holden
as Mary
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Paul Stassino
as Silver
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Tutte Lemkow
as Ram Das
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David Spenser
as Gopali
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Michael Nightingale
as Flood
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Margaret Gordon
as Mrs. Dorothy Flood
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Ewen Solon
as Camel Vendor
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Roger Delgado
as Bundar
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Marie Devereaux
as Karim
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John Harvey
as Burns
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Jack McNaughton
as Cpl. Roberts
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Steven Scott
as Walters
