The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Based On the book by Francis Yeats-Brown

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1935 American adventure film starring Gary Cooper, directed by Henry Hathaway, and written by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, and Achmed Abdullah. The setting and title come from the 1930 autobiography of the British soldier Francis Yeats-Brown. The story, which has little in common with Yeats-Brown's book, tells of a group of British cavalrymen and high-ranking officers desperately trying to defend their stronghold and headquarters at Bengal against the rebellious natives during the days of the British Raj. Cooper plays Lieutenant Alan McGregor, Franchot Tone, Lieutenant John Forsythe, Richard Cromwell, Lieutenant Donald Stone, Guy Standing, Colonel Tom Stone, and Douglass Dumbrille plays the rebel leader Mohammed Khan, who speaks the now often-misquoted line "We have ways to make men talk." The film was produced and released by Paramount Pictures.

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Release date:

1935

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Cast:

Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Guy Standing, Richard Cromwell, C. Aubrey Smith

Genre:

War

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1935 in adaptations