The Light That Failed
Only Rudyard Kipling could write such a romance! Only Ronald Colman could play such a role!
A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.
- 6.0
- 1939
- Released
- 1h 37m
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
Sarita Wooton
Young Maisie
Halliwell Hobbes
Doctor
Charles Irwin
Soldier Model
Francis McDonald
George
George Regas
CassavettiWilfred Roberts
Barton
Jimmy Aubrey
SoldierClara Blore
MotherRicardo Lord Cezon
Little Boy
George Chandler
First Man (Voice)Joe Collings
Thackery
Clyde Cook
Soldier
Harry Cording
SoldierArmba Dandridge
NativeBarbara Denny
WaitressTed Deputy
Johnnie, OfficerBarry Downing
Little BoyJack Egger
Little BoyHarold Entwistle
Old Man with Dark GlassesLeslie Francis
Man with Bandaged Eyes
Gerald Hamer
SoldierSam Harris
Wells
Fay Helm
Red-Haired GirlBill Hurley
Cab Driver
Colin Kenny
Doctor #2Larry Lawson
Andy, OfficerConnie Leon
Flower WomanClive Morgan
Slim
Pat O'Malley
BullockBob Perry
Hoke, Officer
Cyril Ring
War Correspondent
Gerald Rogers
Sick ManJohn Graham Spacey
Policeman
Hanley Stafford
OfficerRobert R. Stephenson
Man with Thick Glasses
Hayden Stevenson
War CorrespondentDavid Thursby
SoldierCarl Voss
Officer 'Chops'
Blue Washington
Bit PartBen Watson
MannyCharles Bennett
SoldierReleased
en
- #self sacrifice
- #friends
- #dog
- #war injury
- #drunkenness
Reviews
Rudyard Kipling excelled at telling tales of Empire - his detailed knowledge and vivid imagination has been the source of many a strong adventure. This one is a bit different though. Ronald Colman ("Dick") is a war correspondent in the Sudan who is injured in action. Sent back home to convalesce, he becomes a bit of a sensation with this paintings and after meeting childhood sweetheart "Maisie" (M