BBBB.5
(out of 5)
In this breathtaking adventure, Gary Cooper stars as a British soldier (originally from Canada) stationed in India who butts heads with his new socially superior barracks mate (Franchot Tone) until a common crisis unites them: their general (Guy Standing) has treated his son (Richard Cromwell) with so little affection or kindness that the boy has run off to infiltrate the enemy alone, leaving his two fellow officers to clean up the mess he leaves behind. Fantastic camera work, first-rate direction and a brilliant script combine with marvelous action sequences (especially for 1935) to make a terrific film that stands up to today’s most widely-scoped adventure films.
USA, 1935
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Screenplay by Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, Achmed Abdullah, adaptation by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt
Cinematography by Charles Lang
Produced by Louis D. Lighton
Music by Herman Hand, John Leipold, Milan Roder, Heinz Roemheld
Production Design by Roland Anderson, Hans Dreier
Costume Design by Travis Banton
Film Editing by Ellsworth Hoagland
Cast Tags: Akim Tamiroff, C. Aubrey Smith, Colin Tapley, Douglass Dumbrille, Franchot Tone, Gary Cooper, Guy Standing, J. Carrol Naish, Jameson Thomas, Kathleen Burke, Lumsden Hare, Mischa Auer, Monte Blue, Noble Johnson, Richard Cromwell
Academy Award
Best Assistant Director (Clem Beauchamp, Paul Wing)
Nominations
Best Art Direction (Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson)
Best Directing (Henry Hathaway)
Best Film Editing (Ellsworth Hoagland)
Outstanding Production (Paramount)
Best Sound Recording (Paramount Studio Sound Department, Franklin B. Hansen, sound director)
Best Writing (Screenplay) (Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, Achmed Abdullah; adaptation by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt)
National Board Of Review Award
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