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The Four Feathers

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7.0/10 • 96

1939-04-202h 9m

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

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

Directors
Zoltan Korda
Editors
Henry Cornelius

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  1. John Clements

    John Clements

    Harry Faversham

  2. Ralph Richardson

    Ralph Richardson

    John Durrance

  3. C. Aubrey Smith

    C. Aubrey Smith

    General Burroughs

  4. June Duprez

    June Duprez

    Ethne Burroughs

  5. Allan Jeayes

    Allan Jeayes

    General Faversham

  6. Jack Allen

    Jack Allen

    Lieutenant Willoughby

  7. Donald Gray

    Donald Gray

    Peter Burroughs

  8. Frederick Culley

    Frederick Culley

    Dr Sutton

  9. Clive Baxter

    Clive Baxter

    Young Harry Faversham

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John Chard

May 6, 2014

9/10

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

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Keywords
armybritish armybritish empirecowardicesudanvictorian englandsoldierdisguisebritish colonialism