Nine Hours to Rama

Nine Hours to Rama
File:Nine Hours to Rama poster.jpg Original film poster by Saul Bass
Directed by	Mark Robson
Produced by	Mark Robson
Screenplay by	Nelson Gidding
Based on	Nine Hours to Rama 1962 novel by Stanley Wolpert
Starring	Horst Buchholz Jose Ferrer Valerie Gearon
Music by	Malcolm Arnold
Cinematography	Arthur Ibbetson, Ted Moore
Edited by	Ernest Walter
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	1963 (1963)
Running time	124 minutes
Country	UK / USA
Language	English
Budget	$3,610,000
Box office	$1,000,000 (US/ Canada)

Nine Hours to Rama is 1963 CinemaScope DeLuxe Color British film, directed by Mark Robson, and based on a 1962 book by Stanley Wolpert of the same name. The film was written by Nelson Gidding and was filmed in England and parts of India. It stars Horst Buchholz, Diane Baker, Jose Ferrer, and Robert Morley.

Synopsis

The film is a fictional narrative set in the nine hours in the life of Nathuram Godse (Horst Buchholz) that lead 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, his adherence to a militant Hindu group 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) is attempting to find the killer before it is too late.

Cast

• J.S. Casshyap as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
• Horst Buchholz as Nathuram 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. Jairaj as G. 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
• R.S. Bansal as Astrologer
• Ishaq Bux as Gardener
• Christopher Carlos as Shankar
• Kurt Christian as Young Natu
• Joseph Cuby as Chacko
• Allan Cuthbertson as Captain Goff
• Shay Gorman as Duty Officer
• Peter Illing as Frank Ramamurti
• Jagdev as Detective
• Harold Kasket as Datta
• Thali Kouri as The Madame
• Kunlan Malik as Bus Conductor
• Manohargin as Policeman
• Sheri Mohan as Detective
• Bobby R. Naidoo as Retiring Room Manager
• Frank Olegario as Barburao
• Shashi Pameholi as Young Apte
• Nigel Phoenix as SNS Boy
• Jagdish Raj as Detective
• S.N. Selk as Father
• M.Y. Shaikh as Policeman
• Julian Sherrier as P.K.'s Secretary
• Keshov Singh as Detective
• Rani Verma as Sita

Awards

• BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography (Colour) – Arthur Ibbetson (nominated)

See also

• List of American films of 1963
• List of artistic depictions of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

External links

• Nine Hours to Rama at IMDb
• Nine Hours to Rama at AllMovie
• Nine Hours to Rama at the TCM Movie Database
• Nine Hours to Rama at the American Film Institute Catalog