Movies:
The Four Feathers
- Rating:
- Genre: Adventure
- Movie Type: British Empire Film, Adventure Drama
- Themes: Behind Enemy Lines, Redemption, Colonialism
- Director: Merian C. Cooper
- Main Cast: Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Clive Brook, William Powell, Theodore Von Eltz
- Release Year: 1928
- Country: US
- Run Time: 81 minutes
Plot
This was the third screen version of A.E.W. Mason's oft-filmed novel about one soldier's triumph over cowardice and was the last rendering during the silent era. Here, Richard Arlen stars as Harry Faversham, the British officer who resigns rather than fight against rebels in Egypt. When four of his former colleagues present him with feathers signifying their belief that he's a coward, Faversham has a change of heart, and posing as an Arab, he goes on a potentially deadly mission to rescue captured British forces. Fay Wray also appears as Ethne Eustance. Wray and directors Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack would reunite four years later for another classic tale of adventure, King Kong. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie GuideCast
- Richard Arlen - Harry Faversham
- Fay Wray - Ethne Eustace
- Clive Brook - Lt. Durrance
- William Powell - Capt. Trench
- Theodore Von Eltz - Lieutenant Castleton
Noah Beery, Sr. - Slave Trader; Harold Hightower - Ali; Philippe DeLacy - Harry, as a Boy of 10; George Fawcett - Col. Faversham; Augustin Symonds - Col. Sutch; Noble Johnson - Ahmed; E.J. Ratcliffe - Col. Eustace; Zack Williams - Idris
