East of Sudan

East of Sudan

1h 25m 5.3/10

Overview

A British soldier escapes from 1880s Khartoum and goes down the Nile river with a fellow soldier, a governess and the daughter of an emir.

Director

Nathan Juran

Top Billed Cast

Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

Private Baker

Jenny Agutter

Jenny Agutter

Asua

Johnny Sekka

Johnny Sekka

Kimrasi

Derek Fowlds

Derek Fowlds

Murchison

Sylvia Syms

Sylvia Syms

Miss Woodville

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

12/2/2024

6/10

Aside from the fact that much of this seems to have been cannibalised from "The Four Feathers" (1939), it makes for quite an entertaining action adventure with Anthony Quayle ("Baker") and Sylvia Sims ("Miss Woodville") trying to help smuggle the young daughter of the Emir of Barash "Asua" (Jenny Agutter) through the lines of the Mahdi's army that is challenging the British in the Sudan. It's a cheap and cheerful adventure, with a minimal budget and some rather static indoor sets that let it down rather - and Quayle was always a much better stage actor than he was on screen, but that said there's a little chemistry on screen between the two leads and just enough action to keep the thread from unravelling. Not a film you are likely to recall seeing, but it is still watchable in a boy's own adventure sort of way.

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