The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Set in the spectacle of mystic India with its glittering mosques, oirental palaces, weird music, bronzed nautch dancers
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DVD-R Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 50 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: August 5, 2015
- Originally Released: 1935
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell & Guy Standing | |
Performer: | C. Aubrey Smith, Kathleen Burke, Douglass Dumbrille, Monte Blue, Colin Tapley, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Noble Johnson, Lumsden Hare & Jameson Thomas | |
Directed by | Henry Hathaway | |
Edited by | Ellsworth Hoagland | |
Screenplay by | Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston & Achmed Abdullah | |
Produced by | Louis D. Lighton | |
Director of Photography: | Charles Lang |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: A- --
One of the most exciting action-adventures of the 1930s (perhaps of all time), catapulting Gary Cooper to major stardom.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: 4/5 --
Pretty good, but it should have been great.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Franchot Tone and Gary Cooper give better performances in this picture than in any in which they have appeared before.
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Maclean's Magazine
Rating: B --
A rousing adventure story in the Kiplingesque fashion.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: A+ --
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) is a sweeping, escapist adventure tale of three British officers of the 41st Regiment of the Bengal Lancers, stationed in northwest India. The Paramount Pictures film was loosely adapted...
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Description by OLDIES.com:
Surly Captain McGregor (Gary Cooper) and wry, blue-blooded Lieutenant Forsythe (Franchot Tone) are officers in charge of newcomer Stone (Richard Cromwell), the commanding officers inexperienced son. Motivated by a grudge toward his father (Guy Standing), Lt. Stone allows himself to be captured by the enemy. Foiled in a daring rescue attempt, Captain McGregor and Lt. Forsythe face ruthless torture for military secrets until they escape into the films most splendid battle, where Stone becomes an unlikely hero.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 32,576
- UPC: 025192313547
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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