Synopsis
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- R. J. MinneyScreenplay
- Richard BoleslawskiDirector
- W.P. LipscombScreenplay
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ronald ColmanRobert Clive
- Loretta YoungMargaret Maskelyne
- Colin CliveCapt. Johnstone
- Francis ListerEdmund Maskelyne
- C. Aubrey SmithPrime Minister
- Cesar RomeroMir Jaffar
- Montagu LoveGovernor Pigot
- Lumsden HareSergeant Clark
- Ferdinand MunierAdmiral Watson
- Gilbert EmeryMr. Sullivan
- Leo G. CarrollMr. Manning
- Etienne GirardotMr. Warburton
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Themes
husband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookbased on true storybased on play or musicalcalcutta18th centuryrise to powerbritish colonialismcolonial indiahistory of indiageorgian or regency era