| Bengal Brigade | |
| Director: | Laslo Benedek |
| Producer: | Ted Richmond |
| Based On: | Bengal Tigers by Hall Hunter |
| Starring: | Rock Hudson Arlene Dahl Ursula Thiess |
| Music: | Hans J. Salter |
| Cinematography: | Maury Gertsman |
| Editing: | Frank Gross |
| Distributor: | Universal-International |
| Runtime: | 87 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Bengal Brigade is a 1954 American adventure war film directed by Laslo Benedek and starring Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl and Ursula Thiess.[1] [2] The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, based on the 1952 novel The Bengal Tiger: a Tale of India by Edison Marshall writing as Hall Hunter.[3] It was released in Britain as Bengal Rifles.
Set in British India in 1857, at the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny. A British officer, Captain Claybourne (Rock Hudson), is cashiered from his regiment over a charge of disobeying orders, but finds that his duty to his men is far from over. He loves his Colonel's daughter (Arlene Dahl) and redeems himself in fighting renegade Sepoys.
Rock Hudson replaced Tyrone Power, who instead starred in 20th Century Fox's King of the Khyber Rifles.[4] The production was shot on Universal's backlot and the Iverson Movie Ranch where The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) and The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) were also filmed.[5]