Korda's magnificent epic is recognised as the finest screen adaptation of A.E.W. Mason's novel about heroism and cowardice in the Sudan.
British officer Harry Faversham (John Clements) resigns his commission just before his fellow soldiers set off to war in the Sudan, following General Gordon's death. Three of his friends send him white feathers for cowardice and the ultimate insult comes when the woman he loves hands him fourth.
In despair, he follows his regiment, surviving a trek across the desert to fight in the heart of the Mahdi's kingdom - the impregnable fever-ridden prison in Omdurman.
With sumptuous colour photography, sweeping battle scenes filmed on location in Africa and a wonderful cast including Ralph Richardson and C. Aubrey Smith, THE FOUR FEATHERS represents the pinnacle of Kordas' achievement in British cinema.