There was some shooting done in Mexico where there were fewer restrictions on hurting animals. Shootingĭuring filming on location at Lone Pine California the unit helped put out a fire which started at a restaurant across the road from where the actors were staying. Basil Rathbone was also considered before C Henry Gordon was cast. Robinson tested for the role of the lead villain Surat Khan. The movie gave an early important role for David Niven.Įdward G. He was given the crucial support part of Flynn's brother. Patric Knowles had just joined Warner Bros at the recommendation of Irving Asher in London, the same man who recommended Errol Flynn. There, Vickers finds and kills Surat Khan, at the cost of his own life. The attack succeeds in reaching the Russian artillery positions. He writes a note to Macefield explaining his actions and forces his brother Perry to deliver it, sparing him from almost certain death. Vickers then orders the famous suicidal attack so the lancers can avenge the Chukoti massacre. Aware that Surat Khan is inspecting the Russian position opposite the 27th Lancers, Geoffrey Vickers secretly replaces the written orders of Sir Charles Macefield ( Henry Stephenson) to the commander of the Light Brigade, Sir Benjamin Warrenton ( Nigel Bruce). The love triangle and the quest for vengeance are both resolved at the Battle of Balaclava. He spares Elsa and Geoffrey as they flee the slaughter to repay his debt to Geoffrey. Later, Surat Khan massacres the inhabitants of Chukoti (mainly the dependents of the lancers), and allies himself with the Russians, whom the British are fighting in the Crimean War. Henry Gordon), Geoffrey saves the rajah's life. Perry has secretly betrayed Geoffrey by stealing the love of his fiancee Elsa (Olivia de Havilland).ĭuring an official visit to local tributary rajah, Surat Khan (C. In 1854, Major Geoffrey Vickers (Errol Flynn) and his brother, Captain Perry Vickers ( Patric Knowles), are stationed at the fictional city of Chukoti in India, with the 27th Lancers of the British Army during the period of East India Company dominance over the Indian subcontinent.
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