Flame of Calcutta

This melodrama, set in India during the 1760s, tells the story of the beautiful daughter of a dead French official. To avenge his death, she adopts the name “The Flame” and begins a terrorist campaign against the villainous prince Keymas who swears to destroy her and the British East India Company Officer who assists her, and eventually becomes her lover., A guerrilla leader (Denise Darcel) helps a British army officer (Patric Knowles) fight natives in India. Clive: Paul Cavanagh. Jehan: George Keymas. Jowal: Joseph Mell. Unconvincing tale of 18th-century derring-do. Directed by Seymour Friedman.