The Bandit of Zhobe
Original British lobby card
Directed by	John Gilling
Screenplay by	John Gilling Richard Maibaum
Produced by	Irving Allen Albert R. Broccoli
Starring	Victor Mature Anne Aubrey Anthony Newley
Cinematography	Ted Moore
Edited by	Bert Rule
Music by	Kenneth V. Jones
Production company	Warwick Films
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	22 April 1959 (USA)[1]
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Bandit of Zhobe is a 1959 British CinemaScope adventure film directed by John Gilling and starring Victor Mature, Anne Aubrey and Anthony Newley.^[2] In British India a bandit goes on a rampage in the mistaken belief that the British have killed his family, which later proves to not be the case. It was produced by Albert Broccoli for Warwick Films and features extensive use of footage from Gilling's previous Zarak.

Plot

A bandit with a price on his head, is seen this time blind for revenge. He thinks that the British have massacred his people, his family, his wife and child. But he is wrong. Only the little romantic daughter of his enemy, overflowing with pity for him, could open his eyes to the truth.^[3]

Cast

• Victor Mature as Kasim Khan
• Anne Aubrey as Zena Crowley
• Anthony Newley as Corporal Stokes
• Norman Wooland as Major Crowley
• Dermot Walsh as Captain Saunders
• Walter Gotell as Azhad
• Paul Stassino as Hatti
• Larry Taylor as Ahmed
• Murray Kash as Zecco
• Sean Kelly as Lieutenant Wylie
• Denis Shaw as Hussu
• Maya Koumani as Tamara

Production

The film was known as The Bandit. Filming started 11 August 1958.^[4]

Critical reception

Variety said "it cannot be taken seriously."^[5]

• TV Guide wrote, "it's all chase and melodrama with little care for characterizations."^[6]
• The Radio Times called it a "very silly Northwest Frontier romp, with Victor Mature in dark make-up as Kasim Khan...romantic interest from forgotten starlet Anne Aubrey and some wince-inducing comic mugging from Anthony Newley. Quite a lot of money was thrown at it, but this remains a B-movie at heart."^[7]
• Sky Movies called the film "a fiery 19th century adventure yarn that makes little sense but bulges with action that keeps coming at you."^[8]