Nine Hours to Rama (Original title)
Date: 1962 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirector: Mark Robson
Synopsis: Godse 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.
Genre: Historical drama
Subjects: Politics, Political assassinations, Gandhi, Mahatma (1869-1948)
Date: 1962 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirector: Mark Robson
Synopsis: Godse 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.
Genre: Historical drama
Subjects: Politics, Political assassinations, Gandhi, Mahatma (1869-1948)
Credits
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Production Company: Red Lion Productions, ©: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Producer: Mark Robson, Associate Producer: Bob McNaught, Production Manager: David Middlemas, Location Manager: R.L. Davidson, Location Assistant Producer: Chimankant Gandhi, Assistant Director: Kip Gowans, Location Assistant Director: Baba Shaikh, Continuity: Elaine Schreyeck, Casting Director: Harvey Woods, Screenplay: Nelson Gidding, Based on the novel by: Stanley Wolpert, Director of Photography: Arthur Ibbetson, Camera Operator: Paul Wilson, Editor: Ernest Walter, Art Director: Elliot Scott, Location Assistant Art Director: Ram Yedekar, Wardrobe: David ffolkes, Wardrobe: Betty Adamson, Wardrobe: Barbara Gillett, Make-up: Harold Fletcher, Make-up: Wally Schneiderman, Hairdresser: Pearl Tipaldi, Titles Designed by: Saul Bass, Music composed and conducted: Malcolm Arnold, Sound Recordist: Gerry Turner, J.B. Smith, Sound Editor: Harry Miller, [Post-production Publicity]: Catherine O'Brien, Studio: MGM British Studios
Cast
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Horst Buchholz (Nathuram Godse), Jose Ferrer (Superintendent Das), Valerie Gearon (Rani Mehta), Don Borisenko (Narayan Apte), Robert Morley (P. K. Mussadi), Diane Baker (Sheila), J.S. Casshyap (Mahatma Gandhi), Harry Andrews (General Singh), Jairaj (G.D. Birla), David Abraham (Detective Munda), Achala Sachdev (Godse's mother), Marne Maitland (Karnick), Harold Goldblatt (Selurag Prahlad), Wolfe Morris (Detective Bose), Francis Matthews (Rampure), Narendra Nath (Magin Mehta), Jack Hedley (Kilpatrick), Bobby Naidoo (retiring room manager), Allan Cuthbertson (Captain Goff), Peter Illing (Frank Ramamurti), Jagdev (detective), Frank Olegario (Baburao), Joseph Cuby (Chacko), Shay Gorman (duty officer), Nigel Phoenix (S.N.S. boy), Harold Kasket (Datta), Christopher Carlos (Shankar), S.N. Seth (Godse's father), Julian Sherrier (P.K.S. secretary), M.Y. Shaikh (1st policeman), Manohargir (2nd policeman), Jagdish Raj (1st detective), Keshov Singh (2nd detective), Sheri Mohan (3rd detective), Kurt Christian (young Nathu), Sheshi Pancholi (young Apte), Thalia Kouri (the madame), Ishaq Bux (gardener), Kundan Malik (bus conductor), Lal Bahadur (beggar), R.S. Bansal (astrologer), Rani Verma (Sita), Baseo Panday (laundryman)