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Nine Hours to Rama






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Nine Hours to Rama
Directed byMark Robson
Screenplay byNelson Gidding
Based onNine Hours to RamabyStanley Wolpert[1]
Produced byMark Robson
StarringHorst Buchholz
Jose Ferrer
Valerie Gearon
CinematographyArthur Ibbetson, Ted Moore
Edited byErnest Walter
Music byMalcolm Arnold
Distributed by20th Century Fox

Release date

  • April 3, 1963 (1963-04-03)

Running time

124 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,610,000[2]
Box office$1,000,000 (US/ Canada)[3]

Nine Hours to Rama is 1963 British-American neo noir crime film directed by Mark Robson that follows a fictionalised Nathuram Godse in the hours before he assassinated the Indian independence leader, Gandhi, and police attempts to prevent the murder. It is based on a 1962 novel of the same name by Stanley Wolpert. The film was written by Nelson Gidding and filmed in England and India with mainly white actors in prominent roles. It stars Horst Buchholz, Diane Baker, Jose Ferrer, and Robert Morley. It was shot in CinemaScope DeLuxe Color.

Plot[edit]

The film is a fictional narrative set in the nine hours in the life of Nathuram Godse (Horst Buchholz) that led up to his assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (J.S. Casshyap). As he prepares for the shooting at Gandhi's residence, flashbacks recall Godse's hostility to Muslims during the Partition, his adherence to Hindu Mahasabha that hatches the plot to kill Gandhi, and his involvement with a married woman Rani (Valerie Gearon) and a prostitute Sheila (Diane Baker). Meanwhile, a police officer Supt. Gopal Das (Jose Ferrer) attempts to find the killer before it is too late.[4]

Cast[edit]

  • Horst BuchholzasNathuram Godse
  • Jose Ferrer as Supt. Gopal Das
  • Valerie Gearon as Rani Mehta
  • Don Borisenko as Naryan Apte
  • Robert Morley as P.K. Mussadi
  • Diane Baker as Sheila
  • Harry Andrews as Gen. Singh
  • Basdeo Panday as Laundryman
  • P. JairajasG. D. Birla
  • David Abraham Cheulkar as Detective Munda
  • Achala Sachdev as Mother
  • Marne Maitland as Karnick
  • Harold Goldblatt as Selvrag Prahlad
  • Wolfe Morris as Detective Bose
  • Francis Matthews as Rampure
  • Nagendra Nath as Magin Mehta
  • Jack Hedley as Kilpatrick
  • Lal Bahadur as Beggar (uncredited)
  • R.S. Bansal as Astrologer (uncredited)
  • Ishaq Bux as Gardener (uncredited)
  • Christopher Carlos as Shankar (uncredited)
  • Kurt Christian as Young Natu (uncredited)
  • Joseph Cuby as Chacko (uncredited)
  • Allan Cuthbertson as Captain Goff (uncredited)
  • Shay Gorman as Duty Officer (uncredited)
  • Peter Illing as Frank Ramamurti (uncredited)
  • Jagdev as Detective (uncredited)
  • Harold Kasket as Datta (uncredited)
  • Thali Kouri as The Madame (uncredited)
  • Kunlan Malik as Bus Conductor (uncredited)
  • Manohargin as Policeman (uncredited)
  • Sheri Mohan as Detective (uncredited)
  • Bobby R. Naidoo as Retiring Room Manager (uncredited)
  • Frank Olegario as Barburao (uncredited)
  • Shashi Pameholi as Young Apte (uncredited)
  • Nigel Phoenix as SNS Boy (uncredited)
  • Jagdish Raj as Detective (uncredited)
  • S.N. Selk as Father (uncredited)
  • M.Y. Shaikh as Policeman (uncredited)
  • Julian Sherrier as P.K.'s Secretary (uncredited)
  • Keshov Singh as Detective (uncredited)
  • Rani Verma as Sita (uncredited)
  • Awards[edit]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Nine Hours to Rama".
  • ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p253
  • ^ "Top Rental Features of 1963". Variety. 8 January 1964. p. 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
  • ^ Deming, Mark (20 August 2008). "Nine Hours to Rama New York Times Review". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  • External links[edit]


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