The High Command
HE BRAVED DEATH...rather than betray the one he loved...A powerful story of tangled lives!
1937 · 1h 24m · Not Rated
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Directed by
Thorold Dickinson
Overview
A general must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier.
Director and cast
- Thorold Dickinson Director
- Lionel Atwill as Maj. Gen. Sir John Sangye
- Lucie Mannheim as Diana Cloam
- Steven Geray as Martin Cloam
- James Mason as Capt. Heverell
- Leslie Perrins as Maj. Carson
- Allan Jeayes as H.E., the Governor
- Michael Lambart as Lorne
- Kathleen Gibson as Belinda
- Tom Gill as Daunt
- Wally Patch as Crawford
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