The Four Feathers is a 1939 adventure film directed by Zoltan Korda, starring John Clements, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, C. Aubrey Smith. Set in the 1890s during the reign of Queen Victoria, it tells the story of a man accused of cowardice. It is one of a number of adaptations of the 1902 novel of the same name by A.E.W. Mason. The movie was mostly filmed in the Sudan in Technicolor.
It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematograp...
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The Four Feathers is a 1939 adventure film directed by Zoltan Korda, starring John Clements, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, C. Aubrey Smith. Set in the 1890s during the reign of Queen Victoria, it tells the story of a man accused of cowardice. It is one of a number of adaptations of the 1902 novel of the same name by A.E.W. Mason. The movie was mostly filmed in the Sudan in Technicolor.
It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
In 1895, a military expedition is prepared by the British Empire to belatedly avenge the death ten years earlier of General Charles "Chinese" Gordon by Sudanese led by the Khalifa (John Laurie). On the eve of its departure, British officer Harry Faversham (John Clements) resigns his commission. As a result, his three friends and fellow officers, Captain John Durrance (Ralph Richardson) and Lieutenants Burroughs (Donald Grey) and Willoughby (Jack Allen), signify their contempt of his supposed cowardice by each sending him a white feather...
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