The age-old struggle of a personal honor code against an imposed social code has been placed in a remote Kipling-esque setting -- a British military outpost in 19th-century India -- so that (a) the issues stand out boldly, (b) we know which side we're supposed to be on, and (c) we could not care less. The stage origins of this drama -- a kangaroo court-martial in which Michael York, a sheepish spokesman for the defense, leads an I-beg-your-pardon-sir drive for the suppressed truth -- are perhaps insurmountable. Some vivid cardinal-red coats and some impressive stiff-upper-lips (Christopher Plummer, Stacy Keach) are the constant physical features; and the director, Michael Anderson, realizes something more is needed. His worst inspiration is to have Susannah York climb down from the witness stand, begin to act out her testimony, crawl around the floor on all fours, scurry directly up to the camera, and in closeup, through a twisted mouth, cry out, "Pig! Pig!" With Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough. (1975) — Duncan Shepherd
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