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The Light That Failed is an American film first released in 1939,
directed by William A. Wellman.
The film is based on a novel by Rudyard Kipling and stars Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Muriel Angelus, Ida Lupino and Dudley Digges.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: William A. Wellman
- Script: Robert Carson, Rudyard Kipling (novel)
- Photo: Theodor Sparkuhl
- Music: Richard Hageman, Victor Young
- Cast: Ronald Colman (Dick Heldar), Walter Huston (Torpenhow), Muriel Angelus (Maisie), Ida Lupino (Bessie Broke), Dudley Digges (The Nilghai), Ernest Cossart (Beeton), Ferike Boros (Madame Binat), Pedro de Cordoba (Monsieur Binat), Colin Tapley (Gardner), Ronald Sinclair (Dick as a boy), Sarita Wooton (Maisie as a girl), Halliwell Hobbes (Doctor), Charles Irwin (Soldier model), Francis McDonald (George), George Regas (Cassavetti), Wilfred Roberts (Barton), Jimmy Aubrey (Soldier), Clara Blore (Mother), George Chandler (Voice), Joe Collings (Thackery), Clyde Cook (Soldier), Harry Cording (Soldier), Barbara Denny (Waitress), Barry Downing (Little boy), Harold Entwistle (Old man with dark glasses), Sam Harris (Wells), Fay Helm (Red-Haired Girl), Colin Kenny (Doctor #2), Connie Leon (Flower woman), George Melford (Voice), Pat O’Malley (Bullock), Cyril Ring (War Correspondent), Gerald Rogers (Sick man), John Graham Spacey (Policeman), Hayden Stevenson (War Correspondent), Carl Voss (Officer (’Chops’)), Blue Washington (Bit Part)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 97 min; B&W
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