The Four Feathers (1939 Film)

The Four Feathers (1939 Film)

The Four Feathers is a 1939 adventure film directed by Zoltan Korda, starring John Clements, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, C. Aubrey Smith. Set in the 1890s during the reign of Queen Victoria, it tells the story of a man accused of cowardice. It is one of a number of adaptations of the 1902 novel of the same name by A.E.W. Mason. The movie was mostly filmed in the Sudan in Technicolor. The 1st Battalion The Buffs were used in period uniforms for scenes in which they withstood the Dervish advance en-masse.

The Four Feathers was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.