Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- Morocco, United States, United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers as symbols of what they view as his cowardice. To redeem his honor, he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves their lives.
- army
- escape
- bravery
- loyalty
- british empire
- islam
- sudan
- revenge
- honor
- murder
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Alex Jennings — Colonel Hamilton
- Michael Sheen — William Trench
- Lucy Gordon — Isabelle
- James Cosmo — Col. Sutch
- Angela Douglas — Aunt Mary
- Daniel Caltagirone — Gustave
- Mohamed Bouich — Sudanese Storyteller
- Campbell Brown — Dervish Ansar
- Andy Coumbe — Colonel Other Regiment
- Karim Doukkali — Egyptian Orderly
- Megan Hall — Millie
- Directed
- Shekhar Kapur
- Written
- Hossein Amini, Michael Schiffer
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 607 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Miramax, Jaffilms Inc., Belhaven Limited, Dune Films, Marty Katz Productions
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