The Stranglers of Bombay
“This is true! This is real! This actually happened!”
1959•NR•1h 20m•6.5•Released
ThrillerCrimeHorror
In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of thousands of Indians while pirating the shipments of the British East-Indian Tea Company. As the British military leaders play down the implications of the piracy and disappearances, a lone captain realizes that they are not just coincidence and sets out to uncover the source of the deviltry, at the risk of his career. Based on history.
Director
Terence Fisher
Writer
David Zelag Goodman
Languages
English
Studio
Hammer Film Productions
Cast
Guy Rolfe
Capt. Harry Lewis
Allan Cuthbertson
Capt. Christopher Connaught-Smith
Andrew Cruickshank
Col. Henderson
George Pastell
High Priest of Kali
Marne Maitland
Patel Shari
Jan Holden
Mary Lewis
Paul Stassino
Lt. Silver
Tutte Lemkow
Ram Das
Roger Delgado
Bundar (uncredited)
John Harvey
Burns (uncredited)
Marie Devereux
Karim (uncredited)
Margaret Gordon
Dorothy Flood (uncredited)
Jack McNaughton
Corp. Roberts (uncredited)
Warren Mitchell
Merchant (uncredited)
Walter Randall
Thuggee Cult Member (uncredited)
Production
Company
Hammer Film Productions
Producer
Anthony Hinds
Producer
Kenneth Hyman
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