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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)

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Reviews Counted:5

Fresh:5

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Average Rating:8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell star as a trio of gallant British officers ordered into India. Their mission is to put down a rebellion in the northern part of the country, and in the... Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell star as a trio of gallant British officers ordered into India. Their mission is to put down a rebellion in the northern part of the country, and in the process must struggle with each other and their own internal conflicts. Nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. [More]

Starring: Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, Guy Standing

Starring: Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, Guy Standing, C. Aubrey Smith, Monte Blue, Kathleen Burke, Colin Tapley, Jameson Thomas, Rollo Lloyd

Director: Henry Hathaway

Director: Henry Hathaway
Producer: Louis D. Lighton
Story: Major Francis Yeats-Brown
Composer: Milan Roder

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One of the most exciting action-adventures of the 1930s (perhaps of all time), catapulting Gary Cooper to major stardom and for which director Henry Hathaway received his first and only Oscar nomination.

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A rousing adventure story in the Kiplingesque fashion.

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Pretty good, but it should have been great.

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