Flame of Calcutta

Flame of Calcutta

Blood-Lusting Barbarians Thunder Across a Continent!

NR 1953 · 69 min · ★ 8.0 · History, Adventure

A British captain and a French official's daughter save the East India Company.

Directed by Seymour Friedman · Written by Sol Shor

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