Story Line
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
“They made him a hero by branding him a coward... the story of a man who conquered fear.”
Top Cast
John Clements
Harry Faversham
Ralph Richardson
John Durrance
C. Aubrey Smith
General Burroughs
June Duprez
Ethne Burroughs
Allan Jeayes
General Faversham
Jack Allen
Lieutenant Willoughby
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Rating
7.1/ 10
Release Date
1939-04-20
Runtime
2h 9m
Genres
AdventureDramaWarHistory
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User Reviews (3)
John Chard
9/10
•5/6/2014I 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...
Filipe Manuel Neto
10/10
•11/22/2022**A little forgotten gem that, perhaps, deserved to be revisited by the public.**
This film is one of several adaptations of a novel set during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan. It's quite good and must have been a "super production" for the t...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•6/4/2024A British officer (John Clements) is called up to serve in Kitchener's army that will set out to avenge the defeat of General Gordon in the Sudan. He is deeply in love with his fiancée (June Duprez), however, and so decides to prioritise his family o...