THEY LOVE..AS AN EMPIRE ROCKS!
Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, they must separate their paths. The former will head his footsteps to London and bound his destiny to Lloyd's, a thriving insurance company; the latter will eventually become one of the greatest heroes in the history of the British Empire.
- 7.2
- 1936
- Released
- 1h 53m
Freddie Bartholomew
Young Jonathan Blake
Madeleine Carroll
Elizabeth Stacy
Guy Standing
John Angerstein
Tyrone Power
Jonathan Blake
C. Aubrey Smith
Old Q
Virginia Field
Polly
Douglas Scott
Horatio Nelson
George Sanders
Everett Stacy
J.M. Kerrigan
Brook Watson
Una O'Connor
Widow Blake
Forrester Harvey
Percival Potts
Gavin Muir
Gavin Gore
E. E. Clive
Magistrate
Miles Mander
Jukes
Montagu Love
Hawkins
John Burton
Lord Nelson
Arthur Hohl
First Captain
Robert Greig
Lord Drayton
Lumsden Hare
Captain Suckling
Will Stanton
Smutt
Murray Kinnell
Reverend Nelson
Billy Bevan
InnkeeperElsa Buchanan
Servant Girl
Georges Renavent
French Lieutenant
Reginald Barlow
Second Captain
May Beatty
Lady Markham
Lester Matthews
Captain Hardy
Vernon Steele
Thomas Lawrence
Barlowe Borland
Joshua LambHugh Huntley
Prince of Wales
Charles Croker-King
Willoughby
Ivan F. Simpson
Old Man
Holmes Herbert
Spokesman
Charles McNaughton
Waiter #1
Leonard Mudie
Waiter #2
Charles Coleman
Waiter #3Thomas Pogue
Benjamin Franklin
Yorke Sherwood
Sam JohnsonAgostino Borgato
French Miller (uncredited)
Winifred Harris
Released
en
$850,000.00
- #male friendship
- #french revolution
- #napoleonic wars
- #18th century
- #battle of trafalgar
- #shipping company
- #19th century
- #insurance company
- #england history
Reviews
This is quite an interesting tale that shows us some of a very young Tyrone Power's potential and also tells us a little about the establishment of Lloyd's of London - the world's largest maritime insurance operation. The story starts in rural Norfolk where two boys decide to run away together - one is Horatio Nelson (Douglas Scott) the other "Jonathan Blake" (Freddie Bartholomew). Their plan is t