The Light That Failed (1939)
Only Rudyard Kipling could write such a romance! Only Ronald Colman could play such a role!
A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.
- Date of release
- 1939-12-24
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- William A. Wellman
Casting
- Ronald Colman — Dick Heldar
- Walter Huston — Torpenhow
- Muriel Angelus — Maisie
- Ida Lupino — Bessie Broke
- Dudley Digges — The Nilghai
- Ernest Cossart — Beeton
- Ferike Boros — Madame Binat
- Pedro de Cordoba — Monsieur Binat
- Colin Tapley — Gardner
- Ronald Sinclair — Young Dick
- Sarita Wooton — Young Maisie
- Halliwell Hobbes — Doctor
Interesting facts
- Based on: The Light That Failed
- Filmed in: New Mexico
The Light That Failed is a 1939 American period drama film based on Rudyard Kipling's 1891 novel of the same name. It stars Ronald Colman as an artist who is going blind.
Production
The film had some outdoor scenes shot in New Mexico, between Otowi and Buckman in White Rock Canyon, along the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad's Chili Line, where it ran alongside the Rio Grande. The producers had decided that the area would stand in for a British military campaign along the Nile flowing through Sudan, with D&RGW C-19 2-8-0 No.
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