The Bandit of Zhobe

The Bandit of Zhobe
Original British lobby card
Directed by	John Gilling
Produced by	Irving Allen Albert R. Broccoli
Screenplay by	John Gilling Richard Maibaum (story)
Starring	Victor Mature Anthony Newley
Music by	Kenneth V. Jones
Cinematography	Ted Moore
Edited by	Bert Rule
Production company	Warwick Films
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	22 April 1959 (USA)^[1]
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Bandit of Zhobe is a 1959 British CinemaScope adventure film directed by John Gilling and starring Victor Mature, Anne Aubrey and Anthony Newley.^[2] In British India a bandit goes on a rampage in the mistaken belief that the British have killed his family, which later proves to not be the case. It was produced by Albert Broccoli for Warwick Films and features extensive use of footage from Gilling's previous Zarak.

Plot

A bandit with a price on his head, is seen this time blind for revenge. He thinks that the British have massacred his people, his family, his wife and child. But he is wrong. Only the little romantic daughter of his enemy, overflowing with pity for him, could open his eyes to the truth. ^[3]

Cast

Victor Mature as Kasim Khan
Anne Aubrey as Zena Crowley
Anthony Newley as Corporal Stokes
Norman Wooland as Major Crowley
Dermot Walsh as Captain Saunders
Walter Gotell as Azhad
Paul Stassino as Hatti
Larry Taylor as Ahmed
Murray Kash as Zecco
Sean Kelly as Lieutenant Wylie
Denis Shaw as Hussu
Maya Koumani as Tamara

Critical reception

TV Guide wrote, "it's all chase and melodrama with little care for characterizations." ^[4]
The Radio Times called it a "very silly Northwest Frontier romp, with Victor Mature in dark make-up as Kasim Khan...romantic interest from forgotten starlet Anne Aubrey and some wince-inducing comic mugging from Anthony Newley. Quite a lot of money was thrown at it, but this remains a B-movie at heart." ^[5]
Sky Movies called the film "a fiery 19th century adventure yarn that makes little sense but bulges with action that keeps coming at you." ^[6]

References

↑ 'Bandit' Will Screen Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 22 Apr 1959: A10.
↑ "BFI | Film & TV Database | The BANDIT OF ZHOBE (1959)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
↑ "The Bandit of Zhobe". Retrieved 1 July 2013.
↑ "The Bandit Of Zhobe Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
↑ "The Bandit of Zhobe | Film review and movie reviews". Radio Times. 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
↑ "The Bandit Of Zhobe - Sky Movies HD". Skymovies.sky.com. 2003-05-03. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

External links

The Bandit of Zhobe at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by John Gilling

Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
A Matter of Murder (1949)
No Trace (1950)
The Quiet Woman (1951)
The Frightened Man (1952)
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
The Voice of Merrill (1952)
Deadly Nightshade (1953)
Recoil (1953)
Escape by Night (1953)
Three Steps to the Gallows (1953)
Destination Milan (1954) (Compilation of three episodes of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents television series)
Double Exposure (1954)
The Embezzler (1954)
The Gilded Cage (1955)
Tiger by the Tail (1955)
Odongo (1956)
The Gamma People (1956)
Interpol (1957)
High Flight (1957)
The Man Inside (1958)
Idol on Parade (1959)
The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
The Challenge (1960)
Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Panic (1963)
The Scarlet Blade (1964 )
The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
The Night Caller (1965)
Where the Bullets Fly (1966)
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
The Reptile (1966)
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
La cruz del diablo (1975)

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