Renegades (1930)Four one-for-all and all-for-one privates in the French Foreign Legion are all in jail for disorderly conduct, but they break out and rejoin their regiment and fight off a band of marauding... See full summary » Director:Victor Fleming |
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Jean Deucalion
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Eleanore
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Thurman Machwurth
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Gregory Gaye | ... |
Dmitri Vologuine
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George Cooper | ... |
Harry A. Biloxi
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The Marabout - Sheik Muhammed Halid
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C. Henry Gordon | ... |
Captain Mordiconi
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Four one-for-all and all-for-one privates in the French Foreign Legion are all in jail for disorderly conduct, but they break out and rejoin their regiment and fight off a band of marauding Arabs, and are soon in Casablanca getting decorated by the French Minister of War. Deucalion spots Eleanor, a spy who had done him dirt and after tangling with the local gendarmes, they take her and head back for Morocco where they are charged with desertion, and have to go out and defeat some more marauding natives, and dodge the machine-gun fire directed at them by the highly-displeased Eleanor, and one thing just follows another. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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Four men and one woman - she an exotic , alluring and unscrupulous siren of the desert - the men soldiers of fortune disgraced and imprisoned by her wiles, achieve retribution in the most glamorous drama rarely depicted on the screen! (original ad) See more »Certificate:
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26 October 1930 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Well, it isn't a very exciting film; it's quite slooow for the most part and poorly acted, even in 1930 terms; and has little cinematic value. It is not completely awful though. This is the worst performance I have ever seen from Myrna Loy - You will know where the term "cardboard cut-out" came from, and Warner Baxter is his usual over-dramatic, bombastic self. In my humble opinion he was one of the most overrated actors from that period, always seeming to play very righteous characters.
Considering its' broad acting, Bela Lugosi is actually quite good and stands out as a breath of fresh air from the others. He even swings his robe over his body and walks out the tent door in his theatrical 'Dracula' style!
There is some camera movement, but most of it is long dolly shots of two people having a conversation. Victor Fleming had not quite honed his workmanlike style and is quite far from Gone with the Wind in this one. And the plot is absolutely ridiculous - a very typical half-baked one from that period. Not really worth anyone's time, except as a curio for fans of the actors/director or early talkies.