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The Four Feathers is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack released in USA on 1 june 1929 with Fay Wray

The Four Feathers (1929)

The Four Feathers
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Released in USA 1 june 1929
Length 1h20
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Adventure
Rating69% 3.4715553.4715553.4715553.4715553.471555

The Four Feathers is a 1929 American war film directed by Merian C. Cooper and starring Fay Wray. The picture has the distinction of being one of the last major Hollywood pictures of the silent era. It was also released by Paramount Pictures in a version with a Movietone soundtrack with music and sound effects only. The film is the third of numerous film versions of the 1902 novel The Four Feathers written by A. E. W. Mason, and the cast features Richard Arlen, Clive Brook, William Powell and Noah Beery, Sr.

Synopsis

Le jeune lieutenant Harry Feversham, descendant d'une famille de militaires au service de l'Angleterre, vit dans la crainte de déshonorer le nom de ses ancêtres à cause de sa lâcheté. Lorsqu'il apprend que son régiment est envoyé en mission en Afrique pour maîtriser une révolte de derviches fanatiques, Feversham résilie son contrat. Ses trois compagnons, le capitaine Trench et les lieutenants Castleton et Durrance lui remettent alors chacun une plume blanche, symbole de lâcheté, la quatrième lui est donnée par sa fiancée. Mais lorsqu'en Afrique, ses trois camarades tombent aux mains de l'ennemi, Un Feversham métamorphosé réussit, par une série d'actes audacieux, à les sauver. Il peut alors leur rendre les plumes.

Actors

Fay Wray

(Ethne Eustace)
Richard Arlen

(Lt. Harry Faversham)
Clive Brook

(Lt. Jack Durrance)
William Powell

(Capt. William Trench)
Theodore von Eltz

(Lt. Castleton)
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