 The US version of the film is different in quite a few ways to the European  version. Despite being slightly shorter, it has some additional footage: the  battle montage as the Japanese retreat is much longer (the entire battle at  the river is cut from the European versions), while theres also a scene of  James Fox reminiscing about a girl he knew in India that is missing from the  European cut. However, there is a huge and fairly important scene cut from  near the end of the picture, where Fairbourne (Nigel Havers) visits the  Japanese general as he has his last meal before his execution. Otherwise  there is a big structural difference with the prologue from the US cut  showing Learoyd deserting and watching his companions being executed being  much more comfortably placed in the flashback sequence when Learoyd is  telling the story of how he became king in the European version. Among other  small differences in the US version: the opening quote has been dropped and  replaced with title cards specifying the date and location; the first scene  between James Fox and Nigel Havers is slightly longer with a line of dialogue  at the end to lead into the scene where he talks about the girl he loved in  India; the scene with MacArthur is shorter in the US version, with the  footage of MacArthur giving Fairbourne some of his tobacco deleted; the scene  where Fairbourne betrays Learoyd by telling the Colonel about the salt has an  extended ending with more dialogue; the end narration is longer ("I hope he  finds his valley... somewhere.") with a slightly awkward edit in the final  music cue to extend it; the end title music is different 