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rival; the discrimination against a half-breed British soldier (Tyrone Power); the killing of captives tied to stakes by mounted lancers; Queen Victoria’s Birthday Ball at the Poshawar, India, garrison; a Moslem cutting off a hand to atone for his sins and spending his life in penance pushing a millstone. The story of "King Of The Khyber Rifles,” briefly, concerns Capt. King (Power, top, left), a half-caste British soldier given command of the Khyber Rifles by Brig. Gen. Maitland (Michael Rennie, bottom, left) of the poshawar garrison. King impressed Maitland’s daughter, Susan (Terry Moore, center, left) when he saves her from kidnapping by Afridi conspirators. Discriminated against by other officers, among them Lieut. Heath (John Justin), because of his mixed blood, King, out of a strong sense of loyalty, volunteers to try to kill Kurram Kahn (Guy Rolfe), revolt leader, and his foster brother. Refused, he deserts to accomplish mission, but fails when a flash of love for his boyhood playmate causes him to hesitate. Captured by Kahn’s troops, but released for the same brotherly reason, he returns to his com- mander in dishonor. How he clears his name, wins the girl and proves his courage in battle provide for some of the most thrilling scenes ever projected on any screen of any dimensions. Many dramatic sequences in "King Of The Khyber Rifles” are taken from actual happenings: the undisciplined native troops refusing to use cartridges suspected of contamination by pig fat; a Khyber rifleman deserting long enough to kill a love