Summary
The High Command is a British film first released in 1936,
directed by Thorold Dickinson.
The film is based on a novel by Lewis Robinson and stars Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim, Steven Geray and James Mason.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Thorold Dickinson
- Script: Walter Meade, Lewis Robinson (novel), Katherine Strueby, Val Valentine
- Photo: Otto Heller
- Music: Ernest Irving
- Cast: Lionel Atwill (Maj. Gen. Sir John Sangye, VC), Lucie Mannheim (Diana Cloam), Steven Geray (Martin Cloam), James Mason (Capt. Heverell), Leslie Perrins (Maj. Carson), Allan Jeayes (H.E., the Governor), Michael Lambart (Lorne), Kathleen Gibson (Belinda), Tom Gill (Daunt), Wally Patch (Crawford), Archibald Batty (Capt. Coates (the prosecutor)), Henry Hewitt (Defence counsel), Drusilla Wills (Miss Isabella Hobson Tuff), Cyril Howe (Julius Caesar (servant)), Evan Thomas (Chief Justice), Aubrey Pollock (Judge Advocate), Deering Wells (Escort), Philip Strange (Maj. Challoner), Frank Atkinson (Corporal), Skelton Knaggs (Fazerack)
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 84 min; B&W
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