| A.E.W. Mason's oft-fiImed cIassic novel, The Four Feathers, gets its first CinemaScope treatment in this dynamic adventure co-directed by Terence Young (Dr. No) and ZoItan 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 close 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 struggle to regain his reputation forms the backbone of this thriIIing tale, driven by R.C. Sherriff's screenpIay and Miklos Rozsa's superb score. AIso starring Laurence Harvey, James Robertson Justice, Geoffrey Keen, Mary Ure (in her film debut), RonaId Lewis, lan CarmichaeI, Michael Hordern, Ferdy Mayne and, in an early roIe, Christopher Lee. |