A.E.W. Mason's oft-fiImed classic novel, The Four Feathers, gets its first CinemaScope treatment in this dynamic adventure co-directed by Terence Young (Dr. No) and ZoItan Korda, who also helmed the famed 1939 version. Filmed and set in the Sudan, it teIls of Harry Faversham (Anthony Steel, The Queens), one of a group of close friends in the British Regiment. When he abruptIy 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), RonaId Lewis, Ian Carmichael, MichaeI Hordern, Ferdy Mayne and, in an earIy role, Christopher Lee. |