The Four Feathers

1939

2h 9m

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7.1/10

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A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

Directors

Zoltan Korda

Writers

R.C. Sherriff(screenplay by)

A.E.W. Mason(novel by)

Stars

John Clements

Ralph Richardson

C. Aubrey Smith

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Harry Faversham

John Durrance

General Burroughs

Ethne Burroughs

General Faversham

Lieutenant Willoughby

Donald Gray

Peter Burroughs

Frederick Culley

Dr Sutton

Clive Baxter

Young Harry Faversham

Colonel

Adjutant

Lieutenant Parker

Joe

Sergeant Brown

Dr. Harraz

The Khalifa

Karaga Pasha

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Directors

Zoltan Korda

Writers

R.C. Sherriff(screenplay by)

A.E.W. Mason(novel by)

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I have been a coward – and I wasn’t happy. The best cinematic treatment of A.E.W. Mason’s novel is here, a rousing and moving tale of a military man who is branded as a coward by those closest to him. Receiving four feathers as a sign of cowardice, Howard Faversham is inspired to go redeem himself in the eyes of his peers during the Mahdist War 1895. Zoltan Korda throws everything but the “Kitchener” sink at the production. 1939 was a stellar year for cinema, arguably the greatest ever. Action/Adventure film fans were treated royally this year, with the likes of "Beau Geste", "Gunga Din" and "The Four Feathers" to whet the appetites. The latter is a top line production, a Technicolor spectacle of derring-do and manly codes such as bravery and honour. Some these days may balk at the imperialist fervour that hums along the way, and some characterisations are very much of the time, but with such film making expertise on show (the final battle sequences are high quality), from direction, acting, costuming, photography and musical score, this is classical cinema in its purist form. 9/10

John Chard06 May, 2014