The Four Feathers is a 1939 adventure film directed by Zoltan Korda, starring John Clements, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, C. Aubrey Smith. Set in the 1890s during the reign of Queen Victoria, it tells the story of a man accused of cowardice. It is one of a number of adaptations of the 1902 novel of the same name by A.E.W. Mason. The movie was mostly filmed in the Sudan in Technicolor. The Welsh Guards were used in period uniforms for scenes in which they withstood the Dervish advance en masse. The troops had loaded rifles just in case the Dervish actors took their attack too seriously. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. In 1895, the North Surrey Regiment of the British Army is called to active service to join the army of Sir Herbert Kitchener in the Mahdist War against the forces of The Khalifa (John Laurie). Forced into an army career by family tradition, Lieutenant Harry Faversham (John Clements) resigns his commission on the eve of its departure. As a...