Film
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
United States- Age rating
- NR
- Director
- Henry Hathaway
- Year
- 1935
Set in the spectacle of mystic India with its glittering mosques, oirental palaces, weird music, bronzed nautch dancers
In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers led by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed Khan. Surly McGregor and wry, blue-blooded Forsythe are officers in charge of newcomer Lieutenant Stone, the commanding officer’s inexperienced son. Motivated by a grudge toward his father, Lt. Stone allows himself to be captured by the enemy.
Top cast
Gary Cooper
Alan McGregor
Franchot Tone
Forsythe
Richard Cromwell
Donald Stone
Guy Standing
Tom Stone
C. Aubrey Smith
Major Hamilton
Kathleen Burke
Tania Volkanskaya
Douglass Dumbrille
Mohammed Khan
Monte Blue
Hamzulla Khan
Colin Tapley
Barrett
Akim Tamiroff
Otamanu
J. Carrol Naish
Grand Vizier
Noble Johnson
Ram Singh
Lumsden Hare
Thomas Woodley
Jameson Thomas
Hendrickson
Mischa Auer
Captured Afridi (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Sentry (uncredited)
Sam Harris
British Officer (uncredited)
Lya Lys
Girl on Train (uncredited)
Directed by
Henry Hathaway
Written by
Waldemar Young, Achmed Abdullah, John L. Balderston, Grover Jones
Produced by
Louis D. Lighton
