A military officer from Britain (played by John Clements) receives orders to join Kitchener’s forces, a group intending to retaliate for the loss of General Gordon in Sudan. He's very attached to his fiancée, June Duprez, and chooses family commitments over professional advancement as a result. This turns out to be an error; his sweetheart and three close friends (Ralph Richardson, Jack Allen & Donald Gray) view him …

This film is a lesser-known work that perhaps merits renewed attention from audiences. It’s one of several adaptations based on a novel chronicling events during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan. The movie is quite good and must have represented an exceptionally large production given the time it was made. Directed with skill by Zoltan Korda, it features lavish and detailed production values that spared no exp…

I felt like I’d been avoiding something – and it wasn't a pleasant sensation. This film provides the strongest adaptation of A.E.W. Mason’s book, delivering an exciting and heartfelt story about a soldier publicly labeled as a coward by those around him. After being given four feathers to symbolize his supposed lack of courage, Howard Faversham sets out to regain respect during the Mahdist War in 1895. Director…