The Black Watch (1929)

05/22/1929Drama, Adventure, War1h 32m
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To lead an army was her ambition —but to love one man was her fervid passion

Overview

Captain Donald King is sent to India to carry out a secret mission while the Black Watch, his regiment, leaves for France at the outbreak of the First World War.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Victor McLaglen

    Captain Donald King

  2. Cast 1

    Myrna Loy

    Yasmani

  3. Cast 1

    David Torrence

    Field Marshal

  4. Cast 1

    David Rollins

    Lieutenant Malcolm King

  5. Cast 1

    Cyril Chadwick

    Major Twynes

  6. Cast 1

    Lumsden Hare

    Black Watch Colonel

  7. Cast 1

    Roy D'Arcy

    Rewa Ghunga

  8. David Percy

    David

  9. Cast 1

    Mitchell Lewis

    Major Mohammed Khan

This might have fared better with a stronger leading character because, for my money, getting Victor McLaglen to play a captain in the Royal Scots engaging in some tribal Indian subterfuge was just a mission too far! Anyway, he is “King” who just as his regiment is heading for France is re-routed to the Northwest Territories of India on a top secret mission. His erstwhile colleagues view this as akin to desertion, but we know that his task to discover and destroy a massive arms dump that could spell doom and destruction for the Raj and rescue some hostages is something that this locally born m...

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