The Brigand Of Kandahar (1965)

Set in the North West Frontier of India in 1850, a half caste British officer (Ronald Lewis) is thrown out of his regiment after being court martialed for cowardice in action and sentenced to ten years in prison. He breaks out of prison and joins a band of anti-British brigands led by a vicious marauder (Oliver Reed) to get his revenge. Written and directed by John Gilling (PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES), this is a sound stage India shot in a studio with footage from the 1956 film ZARAK edited in for exteriors and battle scenes. There's no one to root for which handicaps an adventure film. You can't root for the racist British as personified by the cruel British Colonel (Duncan Lamont) nor can you root for Oliver Reed's sadistic rebel leader who makes no distinction between soldier and civilians. It doesn't help that both Lamont and Reed overact terribly. It's not compelling enough to hold your attention all the way through which allows one to notice things, like how Ronald Lewis's brownface make up isn't consistent. With Yvonne Romain, Katherine Woodville and Glyn Houston.