''Debt of Honour'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Leslie Banks, Will Fyffe, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Garry Marsh. Based on a story by Sapper, and scripted by

Tom Geraghty Thomas J. Geraghty (April 10, 1883 – June 5, 1945), was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 70 films between 1917 and 1939. During the 1930s he went to the United Kingdom, where he wrote a number of screenplays. He was born in Rushvil ...

and

Cyril Campion Cyril Theron Campion (1894–1961) was an English playwright and screenwriter. He was the father of the actor Gerald Campion. Selected filmography * ''Channel Crossing'' (1933) * ''It's You I Want'' (1936) * ''Debt of Honour'' (1936) * ''Convict ...

, the film is also known as ''The Man Who Could Not Forget''.''Debt of Honour'' (1936)
BFI. It was made at

British and Dominions Elstree Studios Imperial Studios were the studios of the British and Dominions Film Corporation, a short-lived British film production company located at Imperial Place, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. The studios (one of several facilities historica ...

by British National Films.Wood p.85

Premise

A Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pay off her gambling debts. One of the officers, who is love with her, takes the blame, and is sent to Africa.

Cast

* Leslie Banks as Major Jimmie Stanton * Will Fyffe as Fergus McAndrews * Geraldine Fitzgerald as Peggy Mayhew * Niall MacGinnis as Lieutenant Peter Stretton * Reginald Purdell as Pedro Salvas * Garry Marsh as Bill *

Stewart Rome Stewart Rome (born Septimus William Ryott; 30 January 1886 – 26 February 1965) was an English actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 and took the stage name of Stewart Rome ...

as Major Purvis *

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as Mrs Stretton * Joyce Kennedy as Lady Bracebury * William Kendall as Paul Martin *

Randle Ayrton Frederick Randle Ayrton (9 August 1869 – 28 May 1940) was a British actor of stage and screen, and was also a producer and director. Early life Ayrton was born in Chester to William Frances Ayrton, a wealthy wine-merchant who was a pa ...

as Captain Turner * Eric Cowley as Richard Denham * David Horne as Colonel Mayhew *

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as Kamara

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1936 films 1936 drama films 1930s English-language films British drama films Films set in England Films directed by Norman Walker Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree British black-and-white films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-film-stub