"Only Rudyard Kipling could write such a romance! Only Ronald Colman could play such a role!" 24 December 1939 Drama 97 mins
A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.
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Ronald Colman as Dick Heldar
Walter Huston as Torpenhow
Muriel Angelus as Maisie
Ida Lupino as Bessie Broke
Dudley Digges as The Nilghai
Ernest Cossart as Beeton
Ferike Boros as Madame Binat
Pedro de Cordoba as Monsieur Binat
Colin Tapley as Gardner
Ronald Sinclair as Young Dick
Sarita Wooton as Young Maisie
Halliwell Hobbes as Doctor
Charles Irwin as Soldier Model
Francis McDonald as George
George Regas as Cassavetti
Wilfred Roberts as Barton
William A. Wellman Director
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
Clem Jones Assistant Director
Wally Westmore Makeup Artist
Sidney Street Unit Manager
Joseph C. Youngerman Second Unit Director
F.O. Collings Assistant Director
Stanley Goldsmith Assistant Director
Edward Salven Second Assistant Director
United States 24 December 1939
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