The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers (1978)

They made him a hero by branding him a coward . . . the story of a man who conquered fear.

The fifth filming of the adventure classic about a British soldier in the 1880s who fights to regain his honor after being given four white feathers, symbols of cowardice.

Date of release
1978-01-01
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Adventure, Drama, War, TV Movie
Director
Don Sharp

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers is a 1978 British television film adaptation of the classic 1902 novel The Four Feathers by novelist A. E. W. Mason. Directed by Don Sharp, this version starred Beau Bridges, Robert Powell, Simon Ward and Jane Seymour, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. The response to the film was very positive.

Production

The film was produced by Norman Rosemont, who specialised in making adaptations of classic tales for television. He had recently made The Man in the Iron Mask, Captains Courageous and The Count of Monte Cristo. The films would be made for over $1 million which was more than US networks would pay for them, but they could be released theatrically overseas.

The Four Feathers was, like Captains Courageous, a Bell special for the ABC (i.e. it was sponsored by Bell Systems).

Part of the money was provided by Trident Films, an off-shot of Trident Television, a Leeds-based regional television group.

Norman Rosemont normally filmed works in the public domain but he had to pay London Films $150,000 for the rights to Four Feathers. London Films had made movie versions of the novel in 1939 and 1956.

Director Don Sharp was best known for his action films. He had been working on several feature film projects that failed to raise finance when he was offered the job of directing The Four Feathers; Sharp was initially reluctant to do a remake but liked the script and had a very positive experience.

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