Tommy Atkins (1928 film)
Appearance
Tommy Atkins | |
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Directed by | Norman Walker |
Written by | Arthur Shirley (play) Ben Landeck (play) Eliot Stannard Ian Hay |
Starring | Lillian Hall-Davis Henry Victor Walter Byron Shayle Gardner |
Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene René Guissart |
Edited by | Sam Simmonds |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Wardour Films |
Release date | June 1928 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Tommy Atkins is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Henry Victor and Walter Byron.[1] Based on the eponymous play by Arthur Shirley and Ben Landeck, it features a romantic drama against the backdrop of the British intervention in The Sudan in the 1880s.
Plot
A cleric enlists on learning he loves his brother's sweetheart, saves his life, and finds he is really an Earl.
Cast
- Lillian Hall-Davis as Ruth
- Henry Victor as Victor
- Walter Byron as Harold
- Shayle Gardner as Mason
- Jerrold Robertshaw as Earl
- Pat Courtney as Ruth as a Child
- Leslie Tomlinson as Victor as a Child
- Alfred Leonard as Harold as a Child
References
External links
- Tommy Atkins at IMDb
Categories:
- 1928 films
- British films
- 1920s historical drama films
- 1920s war drama films
- Films shot at Elstree Studios
- English-language films
- Films directed by Norman Walker
- British silent feature films
- British romantic drama films
- British war drama films
- British historical drama films
- Films set in Sudan
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films set in the 1880s
- British black-and-white films
- British historical romance films
- 1928 romantic drama films
- Silent British film stubs
- 1920s romantic drama film stubs