Overview:
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.| Status: | Released (1935-01-25) |
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| Screen: | W.P. Lipscomb, R.J. Minney |
| Productions: | 20th Century Pictures, United Artists |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 29522: Ronald Colman - Robert Clive
- 85848: Loretta Young - Margaret Maskelyne
- 2923: Colin Clive - Capt. Johnstone
- 592406: Francis Lister - Edmund Maskelyne
- 2438: C. Aubrey Smith - Prime Minister
- 4355: Cesar Romero - Mir Jaffar
- 92907: Montagu Love - Governor Pigot
Crews
- 8502: Darryl F. Zanuck - Producer - Production
- 145968: Richard Boleslawski - Director - Directing
- 1034418: R. J. Minney - Screenplay - Writing
- 10603: Barbara McLean - Editor - Editing
- 1371671: Robert Webb - Casting - Production
- 8511: Roger Heman Sr. - Sound Engineer - Sound
- 1368063: Vinton Vernon - Sound Engineer - Sound
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This is one of Ronald Colman's lesser movies, as well as one of his lesser-known. But for all that, and the fact that it normally receives mixed reviews at best, it's not too bad. The film focuses more on the story and action rather than on deep characterization, but it's entertain ....
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Ronald Colman isn't really anywhere near his best in this rather dry biopic of the founder of the British Raj in the 18th Century. He is embarrassingly spared the worst consequences of a duel in Britain and arrives in shame, as a lowly clerk, in a country still a collection of Prince ....
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