The Black Watch (film)
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| The Black Watch | |
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| Directed by | John Ford |
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| Based on | King of the Khyber Rifles (novel) by Talbot Mundy |
| Produced by | Winfield R. Sheehan |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Joseph H. August |
| Edited by | Alex Troffey |
| Music by | William Kernell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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The Black Watch is a 1929 American Pre-Code adventure epic film directed by John Ford and starring Victor McLaglen, Myrna Loy, and David Torrence. It was written by James Kevin McGuinness and based on the 1916 novel King of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy. The film features an uncredited 21-year-old John Wayne working as an extra; he also worked in the arts and costume department for the film.[1] This was director John Ford's first sound film.
Plot
[edit]A captain in the British Army's Black Watch regiment is assigned to a secret mission in India just as his company is called to France at the outbreak of war. His covert assignment results in his being considered a coward by his fellows, a suspicion confirmed when he becomes involved in a drunken brawl in India that results in the apparent death of another officer.
Cast
[edit]- Victor McLaglen as Capt. Donald Gordon King
- Myrna Loy as Yasmani
- David Torrence as Field Marshal
- David Rollins as Lt. Malcolm King
- Cyril Chadwick as Maj. Twynes
- Lumsden Hare as Colonel of the Black Watch
- Roy D'Arcy as Rewa Ghunga
- David Percy as Soloist, Black Watch Officer
- Mitchell Lewis as Mohammed Khan
- Claude King as General in India
- Walter Long as Harrim Bey
- Francis Ford as Maj. MacGregor
- Frederick Sullivan as General's Aide
- Richard Travers as Adjutant
- Pat Somerset as O'Connor, Black Watch Officer
- Joseph Diskay as Muezzin
- Joyzelle Joyner as Dancer
- Gregory Gaye as a 42nd Highlander (uncredited)
- Mary Gordon as Sandy's Wife (uncredited)
- Bob Kortman as a 42nd Highlander (uncredited)
- Tom London as a 42nd Highlander (uncredited)
- Jack Pennick as a 42nd Highlander (uncredited)
- Randolph Scott as a 42nd Highlander (uncredited)
- Phillips Smalley as the Doctor (uncredited)
- Lupita Tovar in a Bit Part (uncredited)
- John Wayne as a 42nd Highlander (uncredited)[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Black Watch". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ "Full cast and crew for The Black Watch". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
External links
[edit]- The Black Watch at IMDb
- The Black Watch at the TCM Movie Database
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- 1929 films
- American war films
- American black-and-white films
- 1920s adventure drama films
- Films set in India
- Films set in the British Raj
- Films set in the 1910s
- Films directed by John Ford
- Fox Film films
- Films based on British novels
- American adventure drama films
- 1929 drama films
- 1920s English-language films
- 1920s American films
- English-language adventure drama films
- Films set in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Films based on works by Talbot Mundy
- 1920s American film stubs