India Synopsis
“Two people trapped by fate. In a country with no destiny.”
In the rebellious northern frontier province of colonial India, British Army Captain Scott, a young prince and the boy's governess escape by an obsolete train as they are relentlessly pursued by Muslim rebels intent on assassinating the prince.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with North West Frontier. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Position in Catalog
The 15th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
37 audience reviews — more than 73% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 81th percentile among India films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on North West Frontier, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- british empire · 4
- railroad · 4
- escape · 22
- army · 17
- chase · 11
- muslim · 9
- colonial india · 6
- train · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #714 of 1,983 India films indexed here (64th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Adventure productions specifically: #41 of 113 (top 36%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | India, Spain, United Kingdom |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Hindi |
| Production Companies | The Rank Organisation |
| Runtime | 2h 9m |
| Release Date | October 13, 1959 |
| IMDb | tt0053126 |