Debt of Honour
1936 British film
- 27 March 1936 (1936-03-27)
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Debt of Honour is a 1936 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Leslie Banks, Will Fyffe, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Garry Marsh. Based on a story by Sapper, and scripted by Tom Geraghty and Cyril Campion, the film is also known as The Man Who Could Not Forget.[1]
It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios by British National Films.[2]
Plot
A Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pay off her gambling debts. One of the officers, who is love with her, takes the blame, and is sent to Africa.[1]
Cast
- Leslie Banks as Major Jimmie Stanton
- Will Fyffe as Fergus McAndrews
- Geraldine Fitzgerald as Peggy Mayhew
- Niall MacGinnis as Lieutenant Peter Stretton
- Reginald Purdell as Pedro Salvas
- Garry Marsh as Bill
- Stewart Rome as Major Purvis
- Phyllis Dare as Mrs Stretton
- Joyce Kennedy as Lady Bracebury
- William Kendall as Paul Martin
- Randle Ayrton as Captain Turner
- Eric Cowley as Richard Denham
- David Horne as Colonel Mayhew
- Kathleen Davis as Kamara
References
- ^ a b Debt of Honour (1936), BFI.
- ^ Wood p.85
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- Debt of Honour at IMDb
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The films of Norman Walker
- Tommy Atkins (1928)
- Widecombe Fair (1928)
- A Romance of Seville (1929)
- The Hate Ship (1929)
- Loose Ends (1930)
- The Middle Watch (1930)
- Uneasy Virtue (1931)
- The Shadow Between (1931)
- Mr. Bill the Conqueror (1932)
- Fires of Fate (1932)
- The Fortunate Fool (1933)
- Forging Ahead (1933)
- The Flaw (1933)
- The House of Trent (1933)
- The Way of Youth (1934)
- Lilies of the Field (1934)
- Dangerous Ground (1934)
- Turn of the Tide (1935)
- Key to Harmony (1935)
- Debt of Honour (1936)
- Our Fighting Navy (1937)
- Sunset in Vienna (1937)
- The Man at the Gate (1941)
- Hard Steel (1942)
- The Great Mr. Handel (1942)
- They Knew Mr. Knight (1946)
- John Wesley (1954)
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