Under Two Flags (1936)

Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle is in love with her. Doyle sends ... See full summary »

Director:

Frank Lloyd

Writers:

Ouida (by: a story of the French foreign legion), W.P. Lipscomb (screen play),

Stars:

Ronald Colman, Claudette Colbert, Victor McLaglen

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ronald Colman	...	Sergeant Victor
Claudette Colbert	...	Cigarette
Victor McLaglen	...	Major Doyle
Rosalind Russell	...	Lady Venetia Cunningham
Gregory Ratoff	...	Ivan
Nigel Bruce	...	Captain Menzies
C. Henry Gordon	...	Lieutenant Petaine
Herbert Mundin	...	Rake
John Carradine	...	Cafard
Lumsden Hare	...	Lord Seraph
J. Edward Bromberg	...	Colonel Ferol
Onslow Stevens	...	Sidi-Ben Youssiff
Fritz Leiber	...	French Governor
Thomas Beck	...	Pierre
William Ricciardi	...	Cigarette's Father

Storyline

Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle is in love with her. Doyle sends Victor on dangerous assignments to be rid of him. He falls in love with Lady Venetia Cunningham, a visitor to the garrison.

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Plot Keywords:

french | foreign legion | gunfire | desert | self sacrifice | 

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Taglines:

The World's Most Lovable Love-Team !

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Genres:

Adventure | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French Arabic

Release Date:

1 May 1936 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sob Duas Bandeiras

Filming Locations:

Imperial County, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min 112 min (copyright length) 98 min (re-release) (re-edited)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

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.

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Connections

Remake of Under Two Flags (1912)

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Soundtracks

"Les Trois Capitaines"
(uncredited)
Traditional

User Reviews

Uninspiring

Sgt Viktor (Ronald Coleman) is in the foreign legion to forget about his life. He is far too intelligent to be there and far too intelligent for his superior JC Doyle (Victor McLaglen) who is having an affair with the rather stupidly named Cigarette (Claudette Colbert). Cigarette takes a shine to Sgt. Viktor before Lady Venetia (Rosalind Russell) appears on the scene to further complicate matters. There are romantic complications between these main 4 characters with the result that JC Doyle "has it in" for Sgt Viktor and pretty much signs a death warrant for him by sending him on missions where he is unlikely to survive. At the film's end, both JC Doyle and Cigarette show up to try and save him..........and someone gets shot and dies.....

There is absolutely no guesses as to who is going to die at the end of this film. It's bloody obvious. The story drags out and there is nothing original in this tale of a woman's love for a man in the foreign legion. Ronald Coleman is very smooth and likable and Victor McLaglen plays his role well.......it's the women's roles which don't quite work - Colbert with a ghastly fake French accent and Russell just looks a bit odd.

The film is OK but the story never really grabs the viewer and gets going. My girlfriend liked it but I didn't feel anything once it had finished.......or during it.