Peter Lawford

Richard Greene

Janice Rule

Leo G. Carroll

John Abbott

Patrick Aherne

John Dodsworth

Herbert Deans

Hayden Rorke

John Lupton

Barry Bernard

Charles Davis

Jack Raine

Richard Hale

Michael Pate

Gene Ruggiero

Leon Gordon

Allan Davis

Arthur Krams

Edwin B. Willis

Mel Ballerino

Paul Vogel

William Ferrari

Cedric Gibbons

Sydney Guilaroff

Alberto Colombo

Jack Greenwood

William Tuttle

Drama

Adventure

Rogue's March

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

United States of America

CinemaSerf

This has shades of the "Four Feathers' story to it as "Lenbridge" (Peter Lawford) is drummed out of his regiment after being accused of stealing top secret documents. It's made all the worse by the fact that it's his colonel father (Leo G. Carroll) who has to oversee this disgrace. He is also to face charges of high treason, but absconds and sets off for India where he hopes to clear his name and restore the family honour. The story itself is quite a solid British Raj adventure, but director Allan Davis really does turn it into a bit of a drudge. There's a bit of action towards the conclusion but otherwise it treads the line between adventure film and romance just a little to clumsily - and slowly - for my liking. Regarding that latter part of the plot, we must rely on the underwhelming Janice Rule ("Jane") who really rather simpers her way through the scenes as the story begins to falter. I like this kind of boy's own style of story - so probably give it a little more credit than it deserves, but neither Richard Greene nor the wonderfully expressive Skelton Knaggs can make this sow's ear into a silk purse. It's a perfectly watchable tale of espionage and subterfuge, but equally forgettable too.

English