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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
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15 February 1935 (Austria) moreTagline:
1750 to 1! Always out-numbered! Never out-fought! These are the Bengal Lancers...heroes all...guarding each other's lives, sharing each other's tortures, fighting each other's battles... morePlot:
Three British soldiers on the Northwest Frontier of India struggle against invaders...and themselves. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 6 nominations moreUser Comments:
Exotic British Colinial India in the tradition of "Gunga Din"... more (20 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Gary Cooper | ... | Lieutenant Alan McGregor | |
| Franchot Tone | ... | Lieutenant Forsythe | |
| Richard Cromwell | ... | Lieutenant Donald Stone | |
| Guy Standing | ... | Colonel Tom Stone (as Sir Guy Standing) | |
| C. Aubrey Smith | ... | Major Hamilton | |
| Kathleen Burke | ... | Tania Volkanskaya | |
| Douglass Dumbrille | ... | Mohammed Khan (as Douglas Dumbrille) | |
| Monte Blue | ... | Hamzulla Khan | |
| Colin Tapley | ... | Lieutenant Barrett | |
| Akim Tamiroff | ... | Otamanu, emir of Gopal | |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Grand Vizier | |
| Noble Johnson | ... | Ram Singh | |
| Lumsden Hare | ... | Maj. Gen. Sir Thomas Woodley | |
| Jameson Thomas | ... | Hendrickson |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)Fun Stuff
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When McGregor shaves, the way Forsythe holds the snake charmer pipe changes between shots. moreQuotes:
Lieutenant Alan McGregor: Who's she?Lieutenant Forsythe: I met her on the train, if you don't mind.
Lieutenant Alan McGregor: Bad business talking to strange people out here. You know, this is India, you don't who they are, and you might...
Lieutenant Forsythe: Oh, I see. Beautiful spy meets young Lancer officer, makes him give away important military secrets. The Empire goes smash! Melodrama, my dear McGregor, melodrama!
Lieutenant Alan McGregor: It might not be as funny as it sounds, Mr. Stone.
Lieutenant Forsythe: I don't suppose it matters to you, but my name isn't Stone.
Lieutenant Alan McGregor: [Confused] No?
Lieutenant Forsythe: No. It's Forsythe.
Lieutenant Alan McGregor: [Points to well dressed man walking down the platform] Well then, that must be Stone right there.
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THE LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER can take its place among the best of the Hollywood version of Colonial India during the 1800s where the danger and excitement is derived from tales similar to the more famous GUNGA DIN, where the British Army has its share of conflict with the Indians who think their country is being occupied.
And like GUNGA DIN, it revolves around a threesome of male buddies played by GARY COOPER, FRANCHOT TONE and RICHARD CROMWELL. Cooper is the strongest of the leads, a Lt. McGregor who has been sent to welcome two new soldiers to the military post. One of them (Cromwell) is the naively inexperienced son of the post's commander and prone to go astray without guidance from Cooper and Tone. The relationships are not without friction (usually with humorous episodes thrown in), and, of course, there's the requisite loyalty, courage and danger involved in all of their undertakings.
Much of it feels similar to other stories of courage beyond endurance and scenes of torture where the captive soldiers exhibit the bravery instilled in them by the military. GARY COOPER is at his most Gary Cooper-like persona (stoic and brave) in the role of the heroic McGregor and FRANCHOT TONE does extremely well as his humorous buddy. RICHARD CROMWELL tends to overact in melodramatic '30s style, the only weakness in the cast.
Good support from a cast including DOUGLAS DUMBRILLE, J. CARROL NAISH, NOBLE JOHNSON and AKIM TAMIROFF.
Fans of GUNGA DIN should love this one.