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The Black Watch

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British Capt. Donald King arrives in India as World War I breaks out. He convinces his comrades he is a coward so he can complete his mission and rescue captured British soldiers.
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barbara b Black Watch is an early collaboration between Director, John Ford and actor John Wayne. If you blink your miss the Duke's scene. The main star of this 1929 film is another member of Ford's actor's troupe Victor McLaughlin. Some interesting structure but a standard early talkie. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member good actioner reminded me of "gunga din" Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member good stuff myrna as a vamp! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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John Ford

Director

Victor McLaglen

Capt. Donald Gordon King

Myrna Loy

Yasmani

David Torrence

Field Marshal

David Rollins

Lt. Malcolm King

Cyril Chadwick

Maj. Twynes
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Synopsis British Capt. Donald King arrives in India as World War I breaks out. He convinces his comrades he is a coward so he can complete his mission and rescue captured British soldiers.
Director
John Ford
Producer
Winfield R. Sheehan
Screenwriter
John Stone
Distributor
Fox Film Corporation
Production Co
Fox Film Corporation
Genre
Adventure, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 22, 1929, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 6, 2014
Runtime
1h 33m
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