The Four Feathers

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The Four Feathers (1939)

NR 04/20/1939 (US) Adventure, Drama, War, History 2h 9m

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They made him a hero by branding him a coward... the story of a man who conquered fear.

Overview

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

Zoltan Korda

Director
A.E.W. Mason

Novel
R.C. Sherriff

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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
Donald Gray

Peter Burroughs
Frederick Culley

Dr Sutton
Clive Baxter

Young Harry Faversham
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on May 6, 2014

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 Di... read the rest.

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