Under Two Flags
Under Two Flags is a 1936 American adventure romance film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Ronald Colman, Claudette Colbert, Victor McLaglen, and Rosalind Russell. The picture was based on the 1867 novel of the same name by the writer Ouida. The film was widely popular with audiences of its time. The supporting cast features Nigel Bruce, John Carradine, and Fritz Leiber.
Plot
Victor (Ronald Colman) joins the French Foreign Legion, along with his faithful valet, Rake (Herbert Mundin). His company is attacked while escorting a caravan. The survivors join a battalion stationed in southern Algeria.
Cast
- Bob Burns
- C. Henry Gordon
- Claudette Colbert
- Clifford Smith
- Francis McDonald
- Frank Reicher
- Fred Malatesta
- Fritz Leiber
- Gaston Glass
- Georgios Regas
- Gino Corrado
- Gregory Ratoff
- Herbert Mundin
- J. Edward Bromberg
- Jack Pennick
- Jean De Briac
- John Carradine
- Karl Hackett
- Louis Mercier
- Lumsden Hare
- Marc Lawrence
- Nigel Bruce
- Onslow Stevens
- Rolfe Sedan
- Ronald Colman
- Rosalind Russell
- Simone Simon
- Steve Clemente
- Thomas Beck
- Tor Johnson
- Victor McLaglen
More details
| author | W. P. Lipscomb |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Algeria |
| director | Frank Lloyd Otto Brower |
| editor | Ralph Dietrich |
| genre | adventure drama romance |
| keywords | attack chasseur discover fatal accident fight foreign legion french foreign legion id isolated nothing oxford oxford university suicidal mission surround |
| musicBy | Louis Silvers |
| producer | Darryl F. Zanuck Joseph M. Schenck |
| publisher | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
| recordedAt | Arizona California |
| theme | romantic drama |