FOUR MEN AND A PRAYER
DIRECTED BY JON FORD
PRODUCED BY DARRYL F.ZANUCK/ KENNETH MACGOWAN
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION
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Plot Summary
Colonel Loring Leigh, British Indian Army, appears to have issued an order that cost 90 lives.
Cashiered, he returns home, tells his sons of a conspiracy by an arms syndicate
to supply the rebels...then is found dead, an apparent suicide.
To clear their father, the four sons must globetrot in a hazardous search for evidence,
closely followed by Geoffrey's sweetheart Lynn Cherrington.
Written by Rod Crawford
Full Cast
Loretta Young ... Miss Lynn Cherrington
Richard Greene ... Geoffrey Leigh
George Sanders ... Wyatt Leigh
David Niven ... Christopher Leigh
C. Aubrey Smith ... Col. Loring Leigh
J. Edward Bromberg ... Gen. Torres
William Henry ... Rodney Leigh
John Carradine ... Gen. Adolfo Arturo Sebastian
Alan Hale ... Mr. Furnoy
Reginald Denny ... Capt. Douglas Loveland
Berton Churchill ... Mr. Martin Cherrington
Barry Fitzgerald ... Trooper Mulcahay
Claude King ... Gen. Bryce
Cecil Cunningham ... Piper
Frank Dawson ... Manders
John Sutton ... Capt. Drake
Lina Basquette ... Ah-Nee
Frank Baker ... Defense attorney
William Stack ... Prosecuting attorney
Harry Hayden ... Mike
Will Stanton ... Cockney in Marlanda
Winter Hall ... Judge
John Graham Spacey ... Barrister (as John Spacey)
C. Montague Shaw ... Barrister (scenes deleted)
Eddie Abdo ... Sheik (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford ... Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Barbara Denny ... Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Mimi Doyle ... Telephone Operator in Buenos Aires (uncredited)
Helen Ericson ... Joan (uncredited)
Michael Field ... Oxford Undergraduate (uncredited)
June Gale ... Elizabeth (uncredited)
Martin Garralaga ... Native (uncredited)
Douglas Gordon ... Orderly at Airport (uncredited)
Jamiel Hasson ... Interpreter (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst ... Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Noble Johnson ... Native (uncredited)
Patrick X. Kerry ... O'Toole (uncredited)
Frank Lackteen ... Native (uncredited)
Robert Lowery ... Man (uncredited)
Fred Malatesta ... Officer Under Gen. Sebastian (uncredited)
Chris-Pin Martin ... Sergeant in Marlanda (uncredited)
Francisco Marán ... Egyptian Policeman (uncredited)
Cyril McLaglen ... O'Hara (uncredited)
Paul McVey ... Sanders (uncredited)
George Mendoza ... Page Boy (uncredited)
Pat Moriarity ... Soldier in Bar (uncredited)
Vesey O'Davoren ... Vincent (uncredited)
Manuel París ... Captain (uncredited)
George Regas ... Egyptian Policeman (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts ... Stationmaster (uncredited)
Muriel Sharada ... Telephone Operator at Jerishtawbi (uncredited)
Writing Credits
Richard Sherman (screenplay) and
Sonya Levien (screenplay) and
Walter Ferris (screenplay)
David Garth (novel)
William Faulkner uncredited
Cinematography
Ernest Palmer
Trivia
The line "I knew a man named Trubshawe..." refers to a lifelong friend of Niven's, a source of references or character names in several of his films
Filming Locations
Franklin Canyon Reservoir, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles, California, USA
La Pastora, Caracas, Venezuela
Puerto de la Guaira, La Guaira, Estado Vargas, Venezuela