The Four Feathers (1939 film)
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original 1939 movie poster
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| Directed by | Zoltan Korda |
| Produced by | Alexander Korda |
| Written by |
R. C. Sherriff Lajos Bíró Arthur Wimperis |
| Based on |
The Four Feathers 1902 novel by A.E.W. Mason |
| Starring |
John Clements June Duprez Ralph Richardson |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
| Cinematography | Georges Perinal |
| Edited by | Henry Cornelius |
| Distributed by |
United Artists London Films |
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130 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Four Feathers is a 1939 Technicolor adventure film directed by Zoltan Korda, starring John Clements, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, and C. Aubrey Smith. Set during the reign of Queen Victoria, it tells the story of a man accused of cowardice. It is widely regarded as the best of the numerous film adaptations of the 1902 novel of the same name by A.E.W. Mason.
In 1895, the Royal North Surrey Regiment is called to active service to join the army of Sir Herbert Kitchener in the Mahdist War against the forces of The Khalifa (John Laurie). Forced into an army career by family tradition and fearful he might prove a coward in battle, Lieutenant Harry Faversham (John Clements) resigns his commission on the eve of its departure. As a result, his three friends and fellow officers, Captain John Durrance (Ralph Richardson) and Lieutenants Burroughs (Donald Gray) and Willoughby (Jack Allen), show their contempt of his perceived cowardice by each sending him a white feather attached to a calling card. When his fiancée, Ethne Burroughs (June Duprez), says nothing in his defence, he bitterly demands a fourth from her. She refuses, but he plucks one from her fan.
Harry confides in an old mentor and former surgeon in his father's regiment, Dr. Sutton (Frederick Culley), that he must attempt to make amends for his disgrace. He departs for Egypt. There, he adopts the disguise of a despised mute Sangali native, with the help of Dr. Harraz (Henry Oscar), to hide his lack of knowledge of the language.
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