The four feathers

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Statement of responsibility: Alexander Korda presents ; screen play by R.C. Sherriff ; directed by Zoltan Korda ; produced by Alexander Korda

Summary: An adaptation of A.E.W. Masons classic 1902 adventure novel about the British Empire's exploits in Africa, and a crowning achievement of Alexander Korda's legendary production company, London Films. Set at the end of the nineteenth century, follows the travails of a young officer accused of cowardice after he resigns his post on the eve of a major deployment to Khartoum; he must fight to redeem himself in the eyes of his fellow officers

Credits note: Cinematographers, Georges Périnal, Osmond Borradaile ; editor, Henry Cornelius ; music, Miklós Rózsa ; additional dialogue by Lajos Biro and Arthur Wimperis

PerformerNote: Ralph Richardson, John Clements, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez, Allan Jeayes, Jack Allen, Donald Gray, Frederick Culley, Clive Baxter, Robert Rendel, Archibald Batty, Derek Elphinstone, Hal Walters, Norman Pierce, Henry Oscar, John Laurie, Amid Taftazani

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