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The Light That Failed is a american film of genre Drama directed by William A. Wellman released in USA on 24 december 1939 with Ronald Colman
The Light That Failed (1939)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 24 december 1939
Length 1h39
Directed by William A. Wellman
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating65%
The Light That Failed is a 1939 drama film based on Rudyard Kipling's novel of the same name. It stars Ronald Colman as an artist who is going blind.
Synopsis
In 1865, youngster Dick Heldar is briefly blinded when his girlfriend Maisie accidentally fires his pistol too close to his head. She later tells him that her guardians are sending her away somewhere to be educated, but she agrees when he says she belongs to him "forever and ever".Actors
Ronald Colman
(Dick Heldar)
Walter Huston
(Torpenhow)
Muriel Angelus
(Maisie)
Ida Lupino
(Bessie Broke)
Ronald Sinclair
(Young Dick)
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