Flame of Calcutta

Flame of Calcutta
Directed by	Seymour Friedman
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Written by	Sol Shor Robert E. Kent
Starring	Denise Darcel Patric Knowles Paul Cavanagh Leonard Penn
Narrated by	Fred F. Sears
Music by	Clifford Vaughan Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Cinematography	Ray Cory Henry Freulich
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Production company	Esskay Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	July 20, 1953
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Flame of Calcutta is a 1953 American historical film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Denise Darcel, Patric Knowles and Paul Cavanagh. It was one of a number of historical films made by Sam Katzman's production unit for Columbia Pictures.^[1] It is set in India in the 1750s. Unusually for a B Movie of the era, it was shot in Technicolor.

Cast

Denise Darcel as Suzanne Roget aka The Flame
Patric Knowles as Capt. Keith Lambert
Paul Cavanagh as Lord Robert Clive
George Keymas as Prince Jehan
Joseph Mell as Jowal
Ted Thorpe as Rana Singh
Leonard Penn as Nadir
Gregory Gaye as Amir Khasid
Edward Clark as Pandit Bandar
Sujata Rubener as Exotic Dancer
Asoka Rubener as Exotic Dancer
Baynes Barron as Prince's Messenger
Eddie Foster as Remir
Leonard P. Geer as Jehan Man / Flame Man
Sol Gorss as Jehan Man / Soldier
Sam Harris as British Officer
Robin Hughes as Lt. Bob Ramsey

References

↑ Eldridge p.17

Bibliography

Eldridge, David. Hollywood's History Films. I.B.Tauris, 2006.

External links

Flame of Calcutta at the Internet Movie Database

Films produced by Sam Katzman

Supreme Pictures Corporation

Bob Steele Westerns	Western Justice (1934) A Demon for Trouble (1934) Smokey Smith (1935) Tombstone Terror (1935) Alias John Law (1935) Big Calibre (1935) Sundown Saunders (1935) Brand of the Outlaws (1936)

Victory Pictures Corporation

Peter B. Kyne Adaptations	Danger Ahead (1935) Hot Off the Press (1935) Bars of Hate (1935) The Fighting Coward (1935) A Face in the Fog (1935) Taming the Wild (1936) Rio Grande Romance (1936) Kelly of the Secret Service (1936) Put on the Spot (1936)

Tom Tyler Westerns	Rip Roarin' Buckaroo (1936) The Phantom of the Range (1936) Orphan of the Pecos (1937) Brothers of the West (1937) Cheyenne Rides Again (1937) Lost Ranch (1937) Mystery Range (1937) Feud of the Trail (1937)

Herman Brix Films	Shadow of Chinatown (1936) Two Minutes to Play (1936) Silks and Saddles (1936) Amateur Crook (1937) Flying Fists (1937) Million Dollar Racket (1937) Sky Racket (1937)

Tim McCoy Westerns	Six-Gun Trail (1938) Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938) Texas Wildcats (1939) Code of the Cactus (1939) Outlaws' Paradise (1939) Trigger Fingers (1939) The Fighting Renegade (1939) Straight Shooter (1939)

Serials	Shadow of Chinatown (1936) Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)

Mercury Pictures Corporation

The Rogues Tavern (1936)

Monogram Pictures

East Side Kids	East Side Kids (1940) Boys of the City (1940) That Gang of Mine (1940) Pride of the Bowery (1940) Flying Wild (1941) Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941) Spooks Run Wild (1941) Mr. Wise Guy (1942) Let's Get Tough! (1942) Smart Alecks (1942) 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942) Kid Dynamite (1942) Clancy Street Boys (1943) Ghosts on the Loose (1943) Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943) Million Dollar Kid (1944) Follow the Leader (1944) Block Busters (1944) Bowery Champs (1944) Docks of New York (1945) Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945) Come Out Fighting (1945)

Bela Lugosi Movies	Invisible Ghost (1941) Black Dragons (1942) The Corpse Vanishes (1942) Bowery at Midnight (1942) The Ape Man (1943) Voodoo Man (1944) Return of the Ape Man (1944)

Billy Gilbert Movies	Spotlight Scandals (1943) Crazy Knights (1944) Three of a Kind (1944) Trouble Chasers (1945)

The Teen Agers	Junior Prom (1946) Freddie Steps Out (1946) High School Hero (1946) Vacation Days (1947)

Other	Zis Boom Bah (1941)

Columbia Pictures

Mary Lou (1948) Glamour Girl (1948) Going Steady (1958) Crash Landing (1958) Life Begins at 17 (1958) The Flying Fontaines (1959) The Love-Ins (1967) For Singles Only (1968)

Jean Porter	Betty Co-Ed (1946) Little Miss Broadway (1947) Sweet Genevieve (1947) Two Blondes and a Redhead (1947)

Gloria Henry	I Surrender Dear (1948) Racing Luck (1948) Triple Threat (1948) Manhattan Angel (1949)

Jungle Jim	Jungle Jim (1948) The Lost Tribe (1949) Mark of the Gorilla (1950) Captive Girl (1950) Pygmy Island (1950) Fury of the Congo (1951) Jungle Manhunt (1951) Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952) Voodoo Tiger (1952) Savage Mutiny (1953) Valley of the Headhunters (1953) Killer Ape (1953) Jungle Man-Eaters (1954) Cannibal Attack (1954) Jungle Moon Men (1955) Devil Goddess (1956)

Jon Hall	Last of the Redmen (1947) The Prince of Thieves (1948) The Mutineers (1949) Hurricane Island (1951) Last Train from Bombay (1952)

George Montgomery	The Pathfinder (1952) Jack McCall, Desperado (1953) Fort Ti (1953) The Battle of Rogue River (1954) Seminole Uprising (1955)

Paul Henreid	Last of the Buccaneers (1950) Thief of Damascus (1952) Siren of Bagdad (1953) Pirates of Tripoli (1955)

Other Swashbucklers	Barbary Pirate (1949) Tyrant of the Sea (1950) The Magic Carpet (1951) The Golden Hawk (1952) Slaves of Babylon (1953) Prisoners of the Casbah (1953) Flame of Calcutta (1953) Serpent of the Nile (1953) Prince of Pirates (1953) The Saracen Blade (1954) The Iron Glove (1954) Drums of Tahiti (1954)

Other Westerns	When the Redskins Rode (1951) Brave Warrior (1952) California Conquest (1952) Last of the Redskins (1953) Conquest of Cochise (1953) Masterson of Kansas (1954) The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954) Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954) Charge of the Lancers (1954) The Gun That Won the West (1955) Duel on the Mississippi (1955) The Gun That Won the West (1955) Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado (1956) Utah Blaine (1957) The Wild Westerners (1962)

Serials	Who's Guilty? (1945) Jungle Raiders (1945) Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945) Chick Carter, Detective (1946) Hop Harrigan (1946) Son of the Guardsman (1946) Jack Armstrong (1947) The Vigilante (1947) The Sea Hound (1947) Brick Bradford (1947) Superman (1948) Congo Bill (1948) Tex Granger (1948) The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949) Batman and Robin (1949) Bruce Gentry (1949) Pirates of the High Seas (1950) Cody of the Pony Express (1950) Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) Roar of the Iron Horse (1951) The Mysterious Island (1951) Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951) Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger (1952) King of the Congo (1952) Blackhawk (1952) The Lost Planet (1953) The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954) Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954) The Adventures of Captain Africa (1955) Blazing the Overland Trail (1956) Perils of the Wilderness (1956)

Crime	Chinatown at Midnight (1949) State Penitentiary (1950) Revenue Agent (1950) Chain Gang (1950) Target Hong Kong (1953) The Miami Story (1954) New Orleans Uncensored (1955) Chicago Syndicate (1955) The Crooked Web (1955) Inside Detroit (1955) Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955) The Houston Story (1956) Miami Exposé (1956) Rumble on the Docks (1956) Escape from San Quentin (1957) The Tijuana Story (1957) The World Was His Jury (1958)

Musicals	Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956) Rock Around the Clock (1956) Calypso Heat Wave (1957) Don't Knock the Rock (1957) Juke Box Rhythm (1959) Twist Around the Clock (1961) Don't Knock the Twist (1961)

Science Fiction	Lock Up Your Daughters (1951) Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) The Werewolf (1956) The Man Who Turned to Stone (1956) Uranium Boom (1956) The Giant Claw (1957) Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) The Night the World Exploded (1957)

War	Purple Heart Diary (1951) A Yank in Korea (1951) A Yank in Indo-China (1952) Sky Commando (1953) The 49th Man (1953) Mission Over Korea (1953)

Van Johnson	The Last Blitzkrieg (1959) The Enemy General (1960)

20th Century Fox

Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
The Wizard of Baghdad (1960)

MGM

American International Pictures

Riot on Sunset Strip (1967)
Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)

Other

His Private Secretary (1934)
Tallahassee 7000 (1961) (TV series)
How to Succeed with Sex (1970)
The Loners (1972)

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