Movie
The Four Feathers
Overview
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
Details
- Release date
- 1939-04-20
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, War, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- London Films Productions, United Artists
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Clements as Harry Faversham
- Ralph Richardson as John Durrance
- C. Aubrey Smith as General Burroughs
- June Duprez as Ethne Burroughs
- Allan Jeayes as General Faversham
- Jack Allen as Lieutenant Willoughby
- Donald Gray as Peter Burroughs
- Frederick Culley as Dr Sutton
- Clive Baxter as Young Harry Faversham
- Robert Rendel as Colonel
- Archibald Batty as Adjutant
- Derek Elphinstone as Lieutenant Parker
Crew
- Zoltan Korda - Director
- R.C. Sherriff - Screenplay
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