The Black Watch (film)

The Black Watch
The Black Watch
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Ford
Written by	James Kevin McGuinness; John Stone;
Based on	King of the Khyber Rifles (novel); by Talbot Mundy
Produced by	Winfield R. Sheehan
Starring	Victor McLaglen; Myrna Loy; David Torrence;
Cinematography	Joseph H. August
Edited by	Alex Troffey
Music by	William Kernell
Production; company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	May 8, 1929 (US);
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Black Watch is a 1929 American Pre-Code adventure epic film directed by John Ford and starring Victor McLaglen, Myrna Loy, and David Torrence. It was written by James Kevin McGuinness and based on the 1916 novel King of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy. The film features an uncredited 21-year-old John Wayne working as an extra; he also worked in the arts and costume department for the film.^[1] This was director John Ford's first sound film.

Plot

A captain in the British Army's Black Watch regiment is assigned to a secret mission in India just as his company is called to France at the outbreak of war. His covert assignment results in his being considered a coward by his fellows, a suspicion confirmed when he becomes involved in a drunken brawl in India that results in the apparent death of another officer.

Cast

Victor McLaglen as Capt. Donald Gordon King
Myrna Loy as Yasmani
David Torrence as Field Marshal
David Rollins as Lt. Malcolm King
Cyril Chadwick as Maj. Twynes
Lumsden Hare as Colonel of the Black Watch
Roy D'Arcy as Rewa Ghunga
David Percy as Soloist, Black Watch Officer
Mitchell Lewis as Mohammed Khan
Claude King as General in India
Walter Long as Harrim Bey
Francis Ford as Maj. MacGregor
Frederick Sullivan as General's Aide
Richard Travers as Adjutant
Pat Somerset as O'Connor, Black Watch Officer
Joseph Diskay as Muezzin
Joyzelle Joyner as Dancer
Gregory Gaye as a 42nd Highlander (uncredited)
Mary Gordon as Sandy's Wife (uncredited)
Bob Kortman as a 42nd Highlander (uncredited)
Tom London as a 42nd Highlander (uncredited)
Jack Pennick as a 42nd Highlander (uncredited)
Randolph Scott as a 42nd Highlander (uncredited)
Phillips Smalley as the Doctor (uncredited)
Lupita Tovar in a Bit Part (uncredited)
John Wayne as a 42nd Highlander (uncredited)^[2]

References

^ "The Black Watch". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
^ "Full cast and crew for The Black Watch". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 9, 2012.