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The High Command (1937)

HE BRAVED DEATH...rather than betray the one he loved...A powerful story of tangled lives!

Genre : Drama, Mystery, Crime

Runtime : 1H 24M

Director : Thorold Dickinson

Synopsis

A general must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier.

Actors

Lionel Atwill
Lionel Atwill
Maj. Gen. Sir John Sangye
Lucie Mannheim
Lucie Mannheim
Diana Cloam
Steven Geray
Steven Geray
Martin Cloam
James Mason
James Mason
Capt. Heverell
Leslie Perrins
Leslie Perrins
Maj. Carson
Allan Jeayes
Allan Jeayes
H.E., the Governor
Michael Lambart
Michael Lambart
Lorne
Kathleen Gibson
Kathleen Gibson
Belinda
Tom Gill
Tom Gill
Daunt
Wally Patch
Wally Patch
Crawford
Archibald Batty
Archibald Batty
Capt. Coates
Henry Hewitt
Henry Hewitt
Defence counsel
Drusilla Wills
Drusilla Wills
Miss Isabella Hobson Tuff
Cyril Howe
Cyril Howe
Julius Caesar (servant)
Evan Thomas
Evan Thomas
Chief Justice
Skelton Knaggs
Skelton Knaggs
Fazerack

Crews

Thorold Dickinson
Thorold Dickinson
Director
Gordon Wellesley
Gordon Wellesley
Producer
Ernest Irving
Ernest Irving
Original Music Composer
Otto Heller
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
Sidney Cole
Sidney Cole
Editor
R. Holmes Paul
R. Holmes Paul
Art Direction
Arnulf Uiberacker
Arnulf Uiberacker
Costume Design
Cecil Dixon
Cecil Dixon
Production Manager
Stephen Dalby
Stephen Dalby
Sound

Posters and backgrounds

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