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The Drum

  • 1938
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  • 1h 44min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
6.3/10
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Valerie Hobson, Roger Livesey, and Sabu in The Drum (1938)
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Agrega una trama en tu idiomaDuring the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works undercover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless North West Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To f... Leer todoDuring the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works undercover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless North West Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To forestall this, the British governor signs a treaty with the friendly, peace-loving ruler o... Leer todoDuring the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works undercover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless North West Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To forestall this, the British governor signs a treaty with the friendly, peace-loving ruler of Tokot, a key kingdom in the region, which is described as four days' march northward fro... Leer todo

  • Dirección
    • Zoltan Korda
  • Guionistas
    • A.E.W. Mason
    • Lajos Biró
    • Arthur Wimperis
  • Elenco
    • Sabu
    • Raymond Massey
    • Roger Livesey
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    6.3/10
    979
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    • Dirección
      • Zoltan Korda
    • Guionistas
      • A.E.W. Mason
      • Lajos Biró
      • Arthur Wimperis
    • Elenco
      • Sabu
      • Raymond Massey
      • Roger Livesey
    • 23Opiniones de los usuarios
    • 14Opiniones de los críticos
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    • Premios
      • 1 premio ganado y 1 nominación en total

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    Sabu
    Sabu
    • Prince Azim
    Raymond Massey
    Raymond Massey
    • Prince Ghul
    Roger Livesey
    Roger Livesey
    • Capt. Carruthers
    Valerie Hobson
    Valerie Hobson
    • Mrs. Carruthers
    David Tree
    David Tree
    • Lieut. Escott
    Desmond Tester
    Desmond Tester
    • Bill Holder
    Francis L. Sullivan
    Francis L. Sullivan
    • Governor
    • (as Francis L.Sullivan)
    Archibald Batty
    • Major Bond
    Frederick Culley
    • Dr.Murphy
    Amid Taftazani
    • Mohammed Khan
    Laurence Baskcomb
    • Zarullah
    • (as Lawrence Baskcomb)
    Roy Emerton
    • Wafadar
    Michael Martin Harvey
    • Mullah
    Martin Walker
    Martin Walker
    • Herrick
    Ronald Adam
    Ronald Adam
    • Major Gregoff
    Charles Oliver
    Charles Oliver
    • Rajab
    Julien Mitchell
    • Sergeant
    • (as Julian Mitchell)
    Miriam Pieris
    • Indian Dancer
    • Dirección
      • Zoltan Korda
    • Guionistas
      • A.E.W. Mason
      • Lajos Biró
      • Arthur Wimperis
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    sirdar

    The last days of the Raj and a lot of fun

    Unabashedly pro-Raj, the story of a young Indian Prince and his friendship with some British army types. The release of this film was reported to have sparked anti-British riots in India. Sabu outdoes himself as the spunky and, ultimately, obsequious Prince who lines up with his friend/occupiers to battle the deliciously evil Raymond Massey. Very politically incorrect by today's standards the film is a good adventure yarn as well as a Korda tribute to the the rapidly vanishing British Empire. The plot borrows elements from the real life killing of Sir Louis Cavagnari and his party years earlier in Afghanistan. In reality British and colonial forces were actively engaged in military operations in Waziristan at the time of the making of the film.
    Mr Dad

    Location of the film , The Drum

    The film location is always shown as India but in fact part of the film was shot in the snowdonia range of mountains, in a place called Cwm Bychan lake,llanbeder in the county of Gwynedd. My Father was an extra on this film and I noticed that no mention has ever been made that part of the filming was actually done in North Wales
    dougdoepke

    Great Technicolor Spectacle

    Plot-- British colonial rule in parts of India is imperiled by the murder of the local monarch by his sinister brother (Massey). Now the British contingent (Livesey, Hobson, et al.) must rely on the young pro-British nephew (Sabu) to rally against the usurper.

    As a boy growing up in a small mid-western town, I never missed this epic and its companion feature Four Feathers (1939) in our theater. After all, where else in pre-TV middle America could all that scenic exotica be seen. The be-turbaned Indian natives, the be-skirted English soldiers, the high mountain passes, all in rich Technicolor, along with the rich pageantry of masses of people moving here and there. And shouldn't forget the crackling, if somewhat clichéd, storyline, along with a charmingly youthful Sabu, a gloweringly sinister Raymond Massey, and a slim, long-limbed Valerie Hobson. Then there's that thundering drum, along with slinky native girls and twirling British Highlanders. The Korda's certainly spared no expense and it shows, from spirited opening to satisfying close. Sure, the subtext amounts to British colonial propaganda that no longer wears well. Still, the lavish spectacle remains, a treat for the eye. Of course, I've changed in many ways from those earlier days, but the Korda production can still entertain and impress, if given half a chance.
    7csrothwec

    Good entertainment from a long-vanished era

    Exactly what you would expect from the era in which it was produced and given the man behind its production. A rip-roaring adventure yarn which attempts to convince its audience it is set in (then-)modern times, (with radio transmitters strapped onto to pack mules and attempts to slip in 'contemporary' songs, (of which more below)), but whose heart is really in the 1890s or thereabouts, extolling the virtues of British rule of the Raj, the comradeship formed across races by jointly facing adversity and evil plotters aiming to overthrow British rule - all wrapped up in a Kiplingnesque atmosphere and with LOTS of bagpipe music, highland dancing and marching ranks of soldiers. The acting/screen presence of Sabu and Roger Livesey are very good and commanding, as is also the case with Raymond Massey, (always watchable in any case), as the scheming 'baddie'. Val Hobson appears suitably 'fragant' and stiff-lipped in the lead female role, BUT whoever was responsible for the idea of getting her to mime to the 'contemporary' love song inserted in one of the dinner party scenes should certainly have been handed over to the insurgents for a VERY slow and agonising end! Conclusion: switch off the PC monitor, go back seventy years and just go with the flow of an entertainment movie which will zip by rapidly and leave you feeling you have spent 90 minutes in a care-free manner, (especially if you can hit the mute button when 'that song' comes on!)
    8Igenlode Wordsmith

    Humour, heroics and Sabu

    From 'Kim' to 'Carry On up the Khyber', from the famous to the infamous (stand up, Harry Flashman!), the North-West Frontier has proved a fertile source of conflict both fictional and historical... and deposed rulers and fiery mullahs have figured largely from that day to this. The plot of 'The Drum' cribs heavily (and at one point openly, with an impudently-inserted piece of dialogue listing the historical parallels that had been niggling at me!) from real-life events, especially in Afghanistan, and as other stories before and since have been based on the same material, this can result in a certain 'seen-it-all-before' sensation. But the winning element in this film is the touch of humanity and humour which helps the characters to become more than cardboard templates, from the drummer-boy and his misfortunes to the wry jests of the newly-appointed British representative walking open-eyed into a trap. Not to mention that, after a spate of films with seemingly pointless titles, I found it obscurely satisfying to encounter one where the eponymous instrument is actually significant both to the plot and its climax!

    The always-excellent Sabu steals the film, as ever, in his role first as a self-possessed princeling and then as a fugitive in exile from his throne; the romantic leads, while well-performed, are less memorable. The tension in the banquet scene is tangible, and Raymond Massey as the usurper brings brains as well as menace to his role. The one element that rather shocked me -- with the exception of the inadvertent glimpse of buttock that reveals exactly what Scotsmen do or don't wear under their kilts! -- was the scene in which the said usurper is shot down by our wounded hero in cold blood, having thrown down his weapon. It's not customary for such an act to be depicted in an apparently approving manner; and certainly not in a film of this period...

    I must admit that the question of the period itself had me slightly puzzled, although the mention of syncopation in the drum part for the dance should have given me a clue. I had automatically assumed the story to be set in nineteenth-century India in the heyday of the Raj rather than the contemporary world, and with few European civilian fashions on display, there was nothing to disabuse me of this until the heroine made an appearance in jodhpurs, which came as something of a shock! (And the subconscious resonance with the valleys of 'Carry On up the Khyber' turns out to be based in fact: locations from both were shot in Wales...)

    But 'The Drum' is a rousing adventure as they used to make 'em, in the tradition of 'Charge of the Light Brigade' or 'Northwest Frontier'; if you like the genre, this one is a cracker.

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    • Trivia
      The film caused protests when shown in Bombay and Madras, as it was considered by many to be British propaganda.
    • Versiones alternativas
      Version shown on Turner Classic Movies from "The Criterion Collection" runs 93 minutes
    • Conexiones
      Featured in Family Classics: Family Classics: The Drum (1964)
    • Bandas sonoras
      Penny For Your Thoughts
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      Written by Lee Sims

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 23 de junio de 1938 (Francia)
    • País de origen
      • Reino Unido
    • Idioma
      • Inglés
    • También se conoce como
      • Drums
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • Chitral, Jammu & Kashmir, India
    • Productora
      • London Film Productions
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    • Tiempo de ejecución
      1 hora 44 minutos
    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.37 : 1

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