The Flag Lieutenant (1932 film)
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The Flag Lieutenant is a 1932 British
war film
based on the play by William Price Drury
and directed by and starring Henry Edwards
. It also featured Anna Neagle
, Joyce Bland
and Peter Gawthorne
. A Lieutenant is wrongly accused of cowardice
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
war film
War film
War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...
based on the play by William Price Drury
William Price Drury
Lieutenant-Colonel William Price Drury CBE was a Royal Marine Light Infantry officer, novelist, playwright, and Mayor of Saltash from 1929 to 1931....
and directed by and starring Henry Edwards
Henry Edwards (actor)
Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...
. It also featured Anna Neagle
Anna Neagle
Forming a professional alliance with Wilcox, Neagle played her first starring film role in the musical Goodnight Vienna , again with Jack Buchanan. With this film Neagle became an overnight favourite...
, Joyce Bland
Joyce Bland
-Career:Entered Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and made stage debut on tour in 1927 in The Constant Nymph. She then returned to London and understudied Tallulah Bankhead...
and Peter Gawthorne
Peter Gawthorne
Peter Gawthorne was an Irish actor, probably best known for his roles in Will Hay films. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upon bit part actors during the 1940s and 50s....
. A Lieutenant is wrongly accused of cowardice
Cowardice
Cowardice is the perceived failure to demonstrate sufficient mental robustness and courage in the face of a challenge. Under many military codes of justice, cowardice in the face of combat is a crime punishable by death...
.
Cast
- Henry EdwardsHenry Edwards (actor)Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937...
- Lieutenant Dicky Lascelles - Anna NeagleAnna NeagleForming a professional alliance with Wilcox, Neagle played her first starring film role in the musical Goodnight Vienna , again with Jack Buchanan. With this film Neagle became an overnight favourite...
- Hermione Wynne - Joyce BlandJoyce Bland-Career:Entered Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and made stage debut on tour in 1927 in The Constant Nymph. She then returned to London and understudied Tallulah Bankhead...
- Mrs Cameron - Peter GawthornePeter GawthornePeter Gawthorne was an Irish actor, probably best known for his roles in Will Hay films. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upon bit part actors during the 1940s and 50s....
- Major Thesiger - Louis Goodrich - Admiral Wynne
- Sam LiveseySam LiveseySam Livesey was a British film actor. He was the father of the actor Roger Livesey.-Selected filmography:* The Forger * Blackmail silent version only* Raise the Roof * Up for the Cup...
- Colonel McLeod - Michael Hogan - Lieutnenat Palliser
- O. B. Clarence - General Gough-Bogle
- Abraham SofaerAbraham SofaerAbraham Sofaer was a stage actor of Burmese-Jewish descent who became a familiar supporting player on film and television in his later years. He was born in Rangoon, Burma...
- Meheti Salos - Peter Northcote - Midshipman Lee
- Tully Comber - Midshipman Hood