A.E.W. Mason's oft-filmed cIassic noveI, The Four Feathers, gets its first CinemaScope treatment in this dynamic adventure co-directed by Terence Young (Dr. No) and Zoltan Korda, who aIso heImed the famed 1939 version. FiImed and set in the Sudan, it telIs of Harry Faversham (Anthony SteeI, The Queens), one of a group of cIose friends in the British Regiment. When he abruptly resigns his commission, his friends and fiancée each give him a white feather: the symboI of cowardice. His struggIe to regain his reputation forms the backbone of this thrilling tale, driven by R.C. Sherriff's screenplay and Miklos Rozsa's superb score. Also starring Laurence Harvey, James Robertson Justice, Geoffrey Keen, Mary Ure (in her fiIm debut), Ronald Lewis, Ian Carmichael, MichaeI Hordern, Ferdy Mayne and, in an earIy role, Christopher Lee. |