The High Command
| The High Command | |
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| Directed by | Thorold Dickinson |
| Produced by | Gordon Wellesley (producer) |
| Written by | Walter Meade (dialogue) Lewis Robinson (novel The General Goes Too Far) Katherine Strueby (writer) Val Valentine (dialogue) |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Ernest Irving |
| Cinematography | Otto Heller |
| Edited by | Sidney Cole |
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Production
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Fanfare Pictures
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| Distributed by | Associated British Film Distributors |
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Running time
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84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The High Command is a 1937 British drama film directed by Thorold Dickinson and starring Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim and James Mason.
This is the improbable tale of an English officer who murders a man in Ireland for chivalrous reasons. Years later, he has risen to the rank of Major-General, and is stationed in West Africa. There, his old crime is discovered, and he allows himself to be murdered rather than involve his daughter in his own disgrace.
The Sunday Times wrote of this film: "Its avoidance of reality and its slowness make it a first-class soporific in this sultry weather." Despite the film's faults, the novelist and author Graham Greene opined that the directing work by Thorold Dickinson made the film much better than it otherwise would have been.
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