East of Sudan (1964)
1h 25m | PG-13
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
Studio: Ameran Films
Genre: Romance, Adventure, Drama
Video: 720p
Cast
Anthony Quayle
as Private Baker
Sylvia Syms
as Miss Woodville
Derek Fowlds
as Murchison
Jenny Agutter
as Asua
Johnny Sekka
as Kimrasi
Reviews
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.