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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1935 American adventure film starring Gary Cooper, directed by Henry Hathaway, and written by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, and Achmed Abdullah.
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer: Directed by Henry Hathaway. With Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, Guy Standing. Three British soldiers on the Northwest Frontier of India struggle against the enemy - and themselves.
Synopsis. In colonial India, Colonel Stone and the 41st Bengal Lancers fight Indian rebels in the hills. Included in the 41st regiment is Lieutenant Alan McGregor, a Scotch-Canadian upstart who has come to India for some excitement.
As the British Empire expands its presence in northwest India, Lt. McGregor (Gary Cooper) oversees two new recruits with the 41st regiment of the celebrated Bengal Lancers.
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1930 autobiography of British cavalry officer Francis Yeats-Brown published by The Viking Press. The autobiography's release was met with highly positive reviews and Yeats-Brown was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize of 1930.
In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers leaded by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed Khan.
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) is a sweeping, escapist adventure tale of three British officers of the 41st Regiment of the Bengal Lancers, stationed in northwest India. The Paramount Pictures film was loosely adapted ("suggested") from the 1930 novel of the same name written by Major Francis Yates-Brown.
