Shock (1934)

Captain Bob Hayworth, his brother Lieutenant Gilroy Hayworth and Captain Derek Marbury are in a World-War 1 trench on the front-lines in France. Bob Hayworth resents Marbury greatly as the ... See full summary »

Director:

Roy Pomeroy

Writers:

Roy Pomeroy (story), Madeleine Ruthven (adaptation)

Stars:

Ralph Forbes, Gwenllian Gill, Monroe Owsley

Cast

Cast overview:
Ralph Forbes	...	Derek Marbury
Gwenllian Gill	...	Lucy Neville
Monroe Owsley	...	Bob Hayworth
Reginald Sharland	...	Captain Peabody
Douglas Walton	...	Gilroy Hayworth
Alex Courtney	...	Alan Neville
David Holt	...	Rickey Marbury (as David Jack Holt)
Billy Bevan	...	Meadows
Clyde Cook	...	Hawkins
Charles Coleman	...	Colonel

Storyline

Captain Bob Hayworth, his brother Lieutenant Gilroy Hayworth and Captain Derek Marbury are in a World-War 1 trench on the front-lines in France. Bob Hayworth resents Marbury greatly as the latter had married the girl, Lucy Neville, Marbury was courting in pre-war London. Ordered to go on a night patrol, the cowardly Gilroy committed suicide rather than face his fear. Bob and Derek arrange it to appear that Bob had been killed by a shell-burst, and Derek, with his face camouflaged, takes the patrol posing as Gilroy. While on patrol, Derek is hit by a shell-burst and found by the German Red Cross, who turn him over to a family of French peasants. Weeks later, Drek awakens in an English field-hospital and has amnesia. Since he had no papers on him when found, the hospital staff name him Private John Drake, and he is shipped back to England several months later. There, he is recognized by Bob Hayworth, who has been courting the widow Marbury. Despite the fact that Marbury had undertaken ...

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Plot Keywords:

patrol | captain | france | england | hospital | 

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Genres:

War | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 July 1934 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mia nyhta sto metopo

Company Credits

Production Co:

W.T. Lackey Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

70 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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