Clive of India (1935) - film review

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Clive of India is an American war film first released in 1935, directed by Richard Boleslawski. The film is based on a novel by R.J. Minney and stars Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Colin Clive, Francis Lister and C. Aubrey Smith. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Richard Boleslawski
Script: W.P. Lipscomb, R.J. Minney, R.J. Minney (novel)
Photo: J. Peverell Marley
Music: Alfred Newman
Cast: Ronald Colman (Robert Clive), Loretta Young (Margaret Maskelyne Clive), Colin Clive (Capt. Johnstone), Francis Lister (Edmund Maskelyne), C. Aubrey Smith (Prime Minister), Cesar Romero (Mir Jaffar), Montagu Love (Governor Pigot), Lumsden Hare (Sergeant Clark), Ferdinand Munier (Admiral Watson), Gilbert Emery (Mr. Sullivan), Leo G. Carroll (Mr. Manning), Etienne Girardot (Mr. Warburton), Robert Greig (Mr. Pemberton), Mischa Auer (Suraj Ud Dowlah), Ferdinand Gottschalk (Old Member), Doris Lloyd (Mrs. Nixon), Edward Cooper (Cooper – Clive’s Butler), Eily Malyon (Mrs. Clifford), Joseph R. Tozer (Sir Frith), Phyllis Clare (Margaret’s Friend), Leonard Mudie (General Burgoyne), Phillip Dare (Captain George), Coit Albertson (Clerk), Don Ameche (Prisoner in the Black Hole (unconfirmed)), Lionel Belmore (Official at Reception), Florence Benson (Maid), George Beranger (Mr. St. Aubin), Nadine Beresford (Governess), Herbert Bunston (First Director), John Carradine (Clerk), Beulah Christian (Gossipy Guest at Clive’s Home), Neville Clark (Mr. Vincent), Gilbert Clayton (Old Soldier), Phyllis Coghlan (Betty – Margaret’s Maid), Eddie Coke (Boy Drummer), Bruce Cook (Johnny – Boy Bugler), D’Arcy Corrigan (Merchant), Dick Curtis (Hoodlum on Dock), Sonya Dahl (Gossipy Guest at Clive’s Home), Eddie Das (Interpreter), J. Gunnis Davis (Clerk), Larry Dods (Officer), Vernon Downing (Mr. Stringer), David Dunbar (Clerk), Frank Dunn (Naval Officer), Ed Eberle (Merchant), Oliver Eckhardt (Merchant), Charles E. Evans (Surveyor), Monty Fenton (Merchant), Almeda Fowler (Gossipy Guest at Clive’s Home), Sumner Getchell (Clerk), Beatrice Griffith (Slave Girl), Bobby Hale (Ratty Official), Donald Hall (Merchant), Carey Harrison (Officer at Plassey), Keith Hitchcock (Second Director), Olaf Hytten (Parson at Hustine), Charles Irwin (Officer), John Irwin (Hoodlum), Lorimer Johnston (Insulting Man), Colin Kenny (Old Soldier), Emmett King (Merchant), Lia Lance (Pomegranate Seller), Barbara Lee (Clive’s Daughter), Etta Lee (Slave Girl), Connie Leon (Ayah), Edgar Lewis (Merchant), Bert Lindley (Merchant), Gladys Lloyd, Elsie Mackie (Maid), Mary MacLaren (Nurse), Murdock MacQuarrie (Sneering Man), Tommy Martin (Young Robert), James May (Merchant), Philo McCullough (Officer on Horse), Fred Murray (Clerk), Joseph North (Footman), Frank O’Connor (Counting Clerk), Vesey O’Davoren (Assistant Surveyor), Bert Offord (Ratty Official), Frank Pharr (Merchant), Alex Pollard (Footman), Theodore Reed (Merchant), Tom Ricketts (Old Member), Desmond Roberts (Third Director), Ann Shaw (Lady Lindley), Peter Shaw (Mr. Miller), Yorke Sherwood (Big Laughing Man), Pat Somerset (Lieutenant Walsh), Terry Spencer (Clerk), Wyndham Standing (Colonel Townsend), Robert R. Stephenson (Old Cockney Soldier), Charles Thurston (Merchant), David Wade (Clive’s Son), Ian Wolfe (Mr. Kent)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 94 min; B&W

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