The sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.The sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.The sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.
J. Edward Bromberg
- General Torres
- (as Edward Bromberg)
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- TriviaOnce when director John Ford called Loretta Young to the set, the actress refused to leave her trailer until she was happy with her hair. After waiting for her for a while, Ford and several grips went to her trailer and began shaking and rocking it until she came out.
- Crazy creditsManders, the butler, is listed as Mullins in the credits.
- ConnectionsReferenced in 20th Century Fox Promotional Film (1936)
- SoundtracksLondonderry Air (Danny Boy)
(uncredited)
Music (17th century) attributed to Rory Dall O'Cahan
Played on piano by Richard Greene
Featured review
Decent
Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
John Ford directed mystery/comedy has an Army general discharged over false information and later the man turns up murdered. His four sons (played by David Niven, George Sanders, William Henry, Richard Greene) then show up on the scene to try and track down the truth. The story is certainly the weakest part here as it never really becomes too interesting and even at 85-minutes the thing starts to drag after a while. The four actors are very good in their roles especially Niven and top billed Loretta Young is wonderful but her character really wasn't needed in the story. John Carradine also adds nice support in his small role. The cast makes this worth watching at least once. It's also worth noting of some very graphic violence, which includes a bridge full of women and children being cut down by machine guns. There's also a rather amusing Asian stereotype that has him being called Donald Mouse because he speaks like Disney characters.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
John Ford directed mystery/comedy has an Army general discharged over false information and later the man turns up murdered. His four sons (played by David Niven, George Sanders, William Henry, Richard Greene) then show up on the scene to try and track down the truth. The story is certainly the weakest part here as it never really becomes too interesting and even at 85-minutes the thing starts to drag after a while. The four actors are very good in their roles especially Niven and top billed Loretta Young is wonderful but her character really wasn't needed in the story. John Carradine also adds nice support in his small role. The cast makes this worth watching at least once. It's also worth noting of some very graphic violence, which includes a bridge full of women and children being cut down by machine guns. There's also a rather amusing Asian stereotype that has him being called Donald Mouse because he speaks like Disney characters.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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