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The Light That Failed

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Calorie Rating: 136
Released: 1939-12-24
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Studios: Paramount Pictures,

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A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.

Director / Directors

William A. Wellman

Director

Clem Jones

Assistant Director

Joseph C. Youngerman

Second Unit Director

F.O. Collings

Assistant Director

Stanley Goldsmith

Assistant Director

Edward Salven

Second Assistant Director

Cast

Ronald Colman

Character: Dick Heldar

Walter Huston

Character: Torpenhow

Muriel Angelus

Character: Maisie

Ida Lupino

Character: Bessie Broke

Dudley Digges

Character: The Nilghai

Ernest Cossart

Character: Beeton

Ferike Boros

Character: Madame Binat

Pedro de Cordoba

Character: Monsieur Binat

Colin Tapley

Character: Gardner

Ronald Sinclair

Character: Young Dick

Sarita Wooton

Character: Young Maisie

Halliwell Hobbes

Character: Doctor

Charles Irwin

Character: Soldier Model

Francis McDonald

Character: George

George Regas

Character: Cassavetti

Wilfred Roberts

Character: Barton

Jimmy Aubrey

Character: Soldier

Clara Blore

Character: Mother

Ricardo Lord Cezon

Character: Little Boy

George Chandler

Character: First Man (Voice)

Joe Collings

Character: Thackery

Clyde Cook

Character: Soldier

Harry Cording

Character: Soldier

Armba Dandridge

Character: Native

Barbara Denny

Character: Waitress

Ted Deputy

Character: Johnnie, Officer

Barry Downing

Character: Little Boy

Jack Egger

Character: Little Boy

Harold Entwistle

Character: Old Man with Dark Glasses

Leslie Francis

Character: Man with Bandaged Eyes

Gerald Hamer

Character: Soldier

Sam Harris

Character: Wells

Fay Helm

Character: Red-Haired Girl

Bill Hurley

Character: Cab Driver

Colin Kenny

Character: Doctor #2

Larry Lawson

Character: Andy, Officer

Connie Leon

Character: Flower Woman

George Melford

Character: Second Man (Voice)

Clive Morgan

Character: Slim

Pat O'Malley

Character: Bullock

Bob Perry

Character: Hoke, Officer

Cyril Ring

Character: War Correspondent

Gerald Rogers

Character: Sick Man

John Graham Spacey

Character: Policeman

Hanley Stafford

Character: Officer

Robert R. Stephenson

Character: Man with Thick Glasses

Hayden Stevenson

Character: War Correspondent

David Thursby

Character: Soldier

Carl Voss

Character: Officer 'Chops'

Blue Washington

Character: Bit Part

Ben Watson

Character: Manny

Charles Bennett

Character: Soldier

Production and Crew

Robert Carson

Screenplay

Rudyard Kipling

Novel

William A. Wellman

Producer

Victor Young

Original Music Composer

Theodor Sparkuhl

Director of Photography

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Robert Odell

Art Direction

Thomas Scott

Editor

Wally Westmore

Makeup Artist

Sidney Street

Unit Manager

A. E. Freudeman

Interior Designer

Hugo Grenzbach

Sound Recordist

Walter Oberst

Sound Recordist

Yakima Canutt

Stunt Coordinator

Evelyn Finley

Stunts

Cliff Lyons

Stunts

Guy Bennett

Additional Camera

Charles Bradshaw

Orchestrator

George Parrish

Orchestrator

Leo Shuken

Orchestrator

Richard Hageman

Original Music Composer