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Under Two Flags (1936)

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Overview

Director:
Frank Lloyd
Writers:
Ouida (novel)
W.P. Lipscomb (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
1 May 1936 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure more
Tagline:
The World's Most Lovable Love-Team ! more
Plot:
Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. Cigarette... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Colman and Colbert shine in lackluster desert opus more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ronald Colman ... Sgt. Victor

Claudette Colbert ... Cigarette
Victor McLaglen ... J.C. Doyle

Rosalind Russell ... Lady Venetia Cunningham
Gregory Ratoff ... Ivan
Nigel Bruce ... Capt. Menzies
C. Henry Gordon ... Lt. Petaine
Herbert Mundin ... Rake
John Carradine ... Cafard
Lumsden Hare ... Lord Seraph
J. Edward Bromberg ... Col. Ferol
Onslow Stevens ... Sidi-Ben Youssiff
Fritz Leiber ... French Governor
Thomas Beck ... Pierre
William Ricciardi ... Cigarette's Father
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Additional Details

Runtime:
112 min (copyright length) | USA:98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:12 | USA:Approved (PCA #1977)
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Trivia:
Simone Simon was to make her American screen debut in this movie in the role of Cigarette, but director Frank Lloyd demanded she be fired after two weeks of shooting because of her temperamental attitude. When she was replaced by Claudette Colbert, all Simon's footage was discarded. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Come See the Paradise (1990) more
Soundtrack:
Marche Slave more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Colman and Colbert shine in lackluster desert opus, 15 December 2004

There's not much plot here - for that go to THE FOUR FEATHERS and BEAU GESTE. Basically it's a quadrangle. Colman is loved by two women, the aristocratic Russell and the camp follower, Colbert. He loves only Russell, though God knows why when he has feisty Colbert. McLaglen loves Colbert and because she is in love with Colman, engineers dangerous missions for Colman, hoping he won't return from one of them. The first hour is rather dull, only establishing the love relationships. The second half is a bit more stimulating, taking place out in the desert with forced marches and Arab attacks.

Lloyd directs blandly. Colman and Colbert are wonderful in their roles, she even better than he - though Hollywood's idea of eyebrow pencilling starts about a foot above her head. See it for these two stars, not the action.

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