The Stranglers of Bombay

Dec 4, 1959

1h 20m

★ 6.5

This is true! This is real! This actually happened!

Overview

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.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Horror

Production Companies

Hammer Film Productions

The Stranglers of Bombay Trailers

Cast

Capt. Harry Lewis

Guy Rolfe

Capt. Christopher Connaught-Smith

Allan Cuthbertson

Col. Henderson

Andrew Cruickshank

High Priest of Kali

George Pastell

Patel Shari

Marne Maitland

Mary Lewis

Jan Holden

Lt. Silver

Paul Stassino

Ram Das

Tutte Lemkow

Bundar (uncredited)

Roger Delgado

Burns (uncredited)

John Harvey

Karim (uncredited)

Marie Devereux

Dorothy Flood (uncredited)

Margaret Gordon

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