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- BFI identifier39354
- Date1962 (Copyright)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisGodse becomes involved in reactionary political group which opposes Gandhi. He becomes confused when he falls in love with a beautiful married woman, Rani Mahta, who upholds Gandhi's policy. With Apte he is ordered to assassinate Gandhi. The local police chief, Das, becomes aware of the plot and attempts to persuade Gandhi to postpone the meeting at which this would take place. Gandhi refuses and meanwhile Godse, beset by doubts, spends time with Sheila, a Punjabi prostitute. Eventually Godse and Apte go to the meeting and Godse desperately fires the shots which kill Gandhi. (Synopsis)
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- CreditsDirector: Mark Robson
Production Company: Red Lion Productions
©: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
view all - CastHorst Buchholz (Nathuram Godse)
Jose Ferrer (Superintendent Das)
Valerie Gearon (Rani Mehta)
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Title
Nine Hours to Rama (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/5F30-A768-D7AC-6CE3-B9E2-CCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Based on the novel by Stanley Wolpert - SCR-13198
Script - Original story: Based on the novel by Stanley Wolpert - SCR-13199
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-39354
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Work - 39354 - 1962 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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