The Four Feathers (1939)

United Kingdom

Adventure, Drama, War, History, Hollywood Movies Hindi Dubbed, Hindi Dubbed Movies, Dual Audio, British Movies, English Movies, Hollywood Movies

London Films Productions, United Artists

John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez, Allan Jeayes, Jack Allen

Zoltan Korda

R.C. Sherriff

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

army, british army, british empire, cowardice, sudan, victorian england, soldier, disguise, british colonialism

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

Reviews:

Author: John Chard
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