Storm Over the Nile
Storm Over the Nile is a 1955 film adaptation of the novel The Four Feathers, directed by Terence Young. The film not only extensively used footage of the action scenes from the 1939 film version stretched into CinemaScope, but exactly the same screenplay, almost line-for-line also then directed by Zoltan Korda as well as several pieces of music by the original composer Miklos Rozsa. It featured Anthony Steel, Laurence Harvey, James Robertson Justice, Mary Ure, Ian Carmichael, Michael Horden and Christopher Lee.[2] The film was shot on location in the Sudan.
Terence Young
Zoltan Korda
Casts & Crew
Laurence Harvey
Anthony Steel
James Robertson Justice
Mary Ure
Ronald Lewis
Michael Hordern
Ferdy Mayne
Christopher Lee
Ian Carmichael
Jack Lambert
Raymond Francis
Geoffrey Keen
John Wynn
Avis Scott
Roger Delgado
Frank Singuineau
Ben Williams
Vincent Holman
Paul Streather
N. Al Basri
M.H. Gadalla
Michael Argy
Edwin Cary
Brian Cooper
Sam Kydd
Also Directed by Terence Young
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Also Directed by Zoltan Korda
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