Nine Hours to Rama

Nine Hours to Rama is 1963 British-American neo noir crime film directed by Mark Robson that follows a fictionalised Nathuram Godse in the hours before he assassinated the Indian independence leader, Gandhi, and police attempts to prevent the murder. It is based on a 1962 novel of the same name by Stanley Wolpert. The film was written by Nelson Gidding and filmed in England and India with mainly white actors in prominent roles. It stars Horst Buchholz, Diane Baker, Jose Ferrer, and Robert Morley. It was shot in CinemaScope DeLuxe Color.

Plot

The film is a fictional narrative set in the nine hours in the life of Nathuram Godse (Horst Buchholz) that led 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 during the Partition, his adherence to Hindu Mahasabha 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) attempts to find the killer before it is too late.

Cast

Awards

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

See also

• List of American films of 1963
• List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi

References

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 AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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2. Horst Buchholz
3. Wolfe Morris
4. José Ferrer
5. Nathuram Godse
6. Valerie Gearon
7. Mark Robson (film director)
8. Arthur Ibbetson
9. Saul Bass
10. Malcolm Arnold
11. Achala Sachdev
12. Francis Matthews (actor)
13. Kurt Christian
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16. List of compositions by Malcolm Arnold
17. Elaine Bass
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