The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Movie Review 1935

One of Hollywood's greatest rousing adventures. Based in northwest India, Lt. McGregor (Cooper) is a seasoned frontier fighter in the Bengals Lancers who befriends new officer Lt. Forsythe (Tone). Also new to the regiment is Donald Stone (Cromwell), the son of the current commanding officer (Standing). All three will soon test their courage when the Brits encounter a vicious local revolution against colonial rule. Swell plot, lotsa action, great comraderie. Based on the novel by Major Francis Yeats-Brown, and remade in 1939 as "Geronimo."

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 110 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 19th Century, India, Swashbucklers, Dads, Buddies, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Waldemar Young, John Lloyd Balderston, Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt

Cast

Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, Guy Standing, C. Aubrey Smith, Douglass Dumbrille, Kathleen Burke, Noble Johnson, Lumsden Hare, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Monte Blue, Ray Cooper, Leonid Kinskey, George Regas, Reggy) Sheffield Reginald (Reggie, Mischa Auer, Charles Stevens, James Warwick, Clive Morgan, Colin Tapley, Rollo Lloyd, Sam Harris

Cinematography

Charles B(ryant) Lang

Director

Henry Hathaway

Music

Milan Roder

Other

E. Rochfort John, W.E. Wynn, Sam Harris

Producer

Louis D. Lighton, Paramount Pictures