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Os Estranguladores de Bombaim

Título original: The Stranglers of Bombay
  • 1959
  • Approved
  • 1 h 20 min
AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
6,2/10
1,4 mil
SUA AVALIAÇÃO
Os Estranguladores de Bombaim (1959)
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Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaIn the 1830s, a captain in the East India Company lobbies to investigate the criminal Thugee Cult of Kali, an organized crime group of stranglers and thieves.In the 1830s, a captain in the East India Company lobbies to investigate the criminal Thugee Cult of Kali, an organized crime group of stranglers and thieves.In the 1830s, a captain in the East India Company lobbies to investigate the criminal Thugee Cult of Kali, an organized crime group of stranglers and thieves.

  • Direção
    • Terence Fisher
  • Roteirista
    • David Zelag Goodman
  • Artistas
    • Guy Rolfe
    • Allan Cuthbertson
    • Andrew Cruickshank
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  • AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
    6,2/10
    1,4 mil
    SUA AVALIAÇÃO
    • Direção
      • Terence Fisher
    • Roteirista
      • David Zelag Goodman
    • Artistas
      • Guy Rolfe
      • Allan Cuthbertson
      • Andrew Cruickshank
    • 24Avaliações de usuários
    • 33Avaliações da crítica
  • Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro
  • Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro
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    Guy Rolfe
    Guy Rolfe
    • Capt. Harry Lewis
    Allan Cuthbertson
    Allan Cuthbertson
    • Capt. Christopher Connaught-Smith
    Andrew Cruickshank
    Andrew Cruickshank
    • Col. Henderson
    George Pastell
    George Pastell
    • High Priest of Kali
    Marne Maitland
    Marne Maitland
    • Patel Shari
    Jan Holden
    Jan Holden
    • Mary Lewis
    Paul Stassino
    Paul Stassino
    • Lt. Silver
    Tutte Lemkow
    Tutte Lemkow
    • Ram Das
    Roger Delgado
    Roger Delgado
    • Bundar
    • (não creditado)
    Marie Devereux
    • Karim
    • (não creditado)
    Margaret Gordon
    • Dorothy Flood
    • (não creditado)
    John Harvey
    • Burns
    • (não creditado)
    Jack McNaughton
    • Corp. Roberts
    • (não creditado)
    Warren Mitchell
    Warren Mitchell
    • Merchant
    • (não creditado)
    Michael Nightingale
    • Sidney Flood
    • (não creditado)
    Walter Randall
    Walter Randall
    • Thuggee Cult Member
    • (não creditado)
    Steven Scott
    Steven Scott
    • Walters
    • (não creditado)
    Ewen Solon
    Ewen Solon
    • Camel Vendor
    • (não creditado)
    • Direção
      • Terence Fisher
    • Roteirista
      • David Zelag Goodman
    • Elenco e equipe completos
    • Produção, bilheteria e muito mais no IMDbPro

    Avaliações de usuários24

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    6tomgillespie2002

    One of Hammer's most interesting, while not their most thrilling, entry into the genre

    The closing title card of this lesser-known title from Hammer's back catalogue reads "if we have done nothing else for India, we have done this one good thing." Referring to the British East India Company's governance over India for over a hundred years, The Stranglers of Bombay depicts the disappearance of thousands of India's population at the hands of the 'Thugees', an organised gang of murderers and thieves who operated relatively undetected for more than 600 years, and how their operations were eventually brought to an end. It is a subject that would no doubt be handled more delicately if tackled today, and I'm sure that those sensitive to modern PC standards may be somewhat offended by the film, but Stranglers is well-balanced and ultimately apologetic for the Company's occupation, finding a positive note in what was a barbaric time.

    Captain Harry Lewis (Guy Rolfe) of the East India Company is the only person interested in the reports of over a thousand disappearances, attempting to bring the mystery to the attention of his superiors. However, Colonel Henderson (Andrew Cruickshank) is more concerned with solving the mystery of how English merchants' caravans are similarly disappearing without a trace. To get Lewis off his back, Henderson agrees to an investigation, but opts to hand the reigns to the inexperienced and pompous Captain Connaught-Smith (Allan Cuthbertson). Frustrated at Connaught-Smith's bungling and the general disdain he has for the Indian people, Lewis quits the Company to carry out his own inquiry, and uncovers a murderous cult who make sacrifices in the name of their god, Kali. Led by the High Priest of Kali (George Pastell), the gang's influence goes all the way to the very top, which is how they have managed to remain in the shadows for centuries.

    The Stranglers of Bombay is low on horror but higher on adventure. The violence is implied rather than shown, but the film doesn't shy away from their grotesque acts. Eyes and tongues are removed, but most are garrotted with a ceremonial silk scarf. It's off-camera, but nevertheless effective. When the action is away from the thugees, the story plays out more like a period detective thriller, as Lewis plunges himself deeper into this secret world while the population denies the group's very existence. It's no surprise then to learn that frequent Hammer collaborator Terence Fisher is behind the camera, who would always shoot efficiently and make his films appear more expensive than they actually were. The absence of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing is almost always felt when watching a Hammer horror, but leading man Guy Rolfe proves to be a perfectly watchable leading man, earning our sympathy as the one decent white man in a company of incompetent and uncaring fellow officers. While more attention could have been given to the suffering of the Indian people, the film's heart is certainly in the right place, making it one of Hammer's most interesting, while not their most thrilling, entries into the genre.
    Bondgirl1

    Tense and gripping 60's flick

    Great directing enhance this tense film about a religious cult who go around murdering and stealing just for the sheer pleasure of it. Even for our times it is still an interesting and gripping horror film. Guy Rolfe (as tall as ever) did a remarkable job of the dedicated soldier who no one will listen too. Lots of fun.
    6Vornoff-3

    Good Horror and Bad Politics

    There's no getting around the Imperialist/Colonialist undertones in this one, only made worse by the various video guides which claim it is based on "actual events." It isn't quite as bad as Fu Manchu to the Chinese, but I suspect many Indians would find this pretty inaccurate and offensive. Still, looked at as a horror movie, it is pretty fun, and it seems to include more explicit depictions of violence even than other Hammer films of the time – perhaps the claim of historical authenticity made it easier to get away with gore in England at this time. I particularly enjoyed George Pastell's performance, similar in many ways to the one he gave in the previous year's adaptation of "the Mummy." The various tensions among the British colonial officers also add a nice touch, and the direction and cinematography are top-notch, as awkward as the material sometimes gets.
    6chris_gaskin123

    Nasty goings on in the jungle

    The Stranglers of Bombay was made by Hammer in 1960 and I found this quite good. It is rather violent for its time.

    A series of rather gruesome murders in India turn out to be the work of a religious cult, known as the Stranglers. These people kill just for fun and they enjoy it. A British soldier based over there investigates these killings and nearly becomes a victim himself, but a mongoose appears and killing one of these animals is one of the Stranglers' tabu's. The leader of the Stranglers is killed at the end, along with most of the other members.

    The cast includes Guy Rolfe (Mr Sardonicus), Jan Holden, Andrew Cruickshank, George Pastell, Allan Cuthbertson and Roger Delgado (First Man Into Space). Good parts from all.

    The Stranglers of Bombay is worth checking out, especially if you are a fan of Hammer.

    Rating: 3 stars out of 5.
    8kevinolzak

    Terence Fisher's least appreciated Hammer horror

    1959's THE STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY is easily director Terence Fisher's least known Hammer horror, and one rarely screened until its revival in the 2000s. Shot in gritty black and white rather than the usual color, it foreshadows a similar effort the following year, "The Terror of the Tongs," a star vehicle for Christopher Lee as Hong Kong tong leader Chung King, while this film boasts the underrated George Pastell as the High Priest of the secret cult of Kali, leaving behind millions of victims all garroted by the sacred cloth. Top billed Guy Rolfe ("Mr. Sardonicus") plays Captain Harry Lewis of the British East India Company, who has spent months in 1829 Bombay trying to find answers as to the mysterious disappearances of traveling caravans of various goods robbing the English of their profits (the corpses swiftly and ruthlessly buried in shallow graves). His superior, Colonel Henderson (Andrew Cruickshank), appoints an old school chum as chief investigator rather than Lewis, Captain Christopher Connaught-Smith (Allan Cuthbertson), a supremely pompous twit who simply conducts interrogations while seated behind his desk. Lewis decides to resign after his manservant, Ram Das (Tutte Lemkow), suffers a terrible fate (his hand cut off and sent to Lewis) while searching for his brother Gopali Das (David Spenser), revealed not only to be the newest recruit to the cult but also tasked to strangle his own beloved sibling. The level of brutality is unprecedented even for Hammer, and all the better for being so effectively rendered, though possibly cut for television. Two careless followers are punished for betrayal to Kali by having their eyes gouged out (we see the eye sockets following the gruesome deed), corpses have their stomachs slit prior to burial, all sadly historically accurate. It looks like curtains for a captive Lewis, staked out under the mercilessly hot sun waiting for a cobra to strike...surprise! He just happens to have brought along his pet mongoose, ably dispatching the venomous reptile, an ill omen that forces the high priest to set Lewis free. It's amazing how tiny Bray Studios could manage to convey far off places when never venturing far from the Thames, their professionalism led by production designer Bernard Robinson, who often lent his own props for a scene (for instance, the huge globe in the Castle Dracula library in "Horror of Dracula").

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    • Curiosidades
      All scenes shot in the marketplace/village were shot at Bray Studios on the revamped set that was constructed for "O Vampiro da Noite (1958)." Once "Stranglers" was completed in 1959, the set was completely torn down. The sequences where Guy Rolfe's character goes to meet Allan Cuthbertson's character, the capture of two of the Thuggees in the process and the caravan sequences were shot at the sand-and0gravel quarry in Gerrard's Cross, Buckinghamshire. The tiger hunt and the scene where Rolfe's character finds more grave sites was filmed at the Callow Hill Sandpits in Virginia Water, Egham, in Surrey.
    • Erros de gravação
      The pistol used in several scenes by Captain Lewis and Captain Connaught-Smith was a revolver. The time frame for this film was the 1820s. The revolver wouldn't be invented and patented until 1836.
    • Citações

      Patel Shari: Whoever rules decides the truth.

    • Versões alternativas
      For its UK cinema release the film was cut by the BBFC with edits to the kicking of Lewis by thuggees in an alleyway, and the removal of 'reaction' shots of Karim watching men being branded and strangled. The same print was then cut by a further 7 secs for the 1996 video release with additional edits to remove a scene of a mongoose fighting a snake.
    • Conexões
      Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: The Stranglers of Bombay (1966)

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    • Data de lançamento
      • 4 de dezembro de 1959 (Reino Unido)
    • País de origem
      • Reino Unido
    • Idioma
      • Inglês
    • Também conhecido como
      • The Stranglers of Bombay
    • Locações de filme
      • Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
    • Empresas de produção
      • Hammer Films
      • Kenneth Hyman
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      • Black and White
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      • 2.35 : 1

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