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Debt of Honour
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Wikipedia article
'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'.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114064941/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30933 'Debt of Honour' (1936)], BFI.
It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios by British National Films.Wood p.85
Premise
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.
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
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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