For Valour

Release Date: 1937-03-16

Overview: In this British comedy, set during the Boer War, a foot soldier saves his major's life. The officer is most grateful and puts the soldier in line for a Victoria Cross (a medal for valor). Unfortunately the well-meaning major's actions cause the soldier to be extradited back to England where he must stand trial for a series of crimes he committed before he joined the military. Later the major scours the British jails in search of the heroic lad. He finally finds him recruiting soldiers for WW I.

Rating: 5 / 10

Cast

Tom Walls

as Doubleday

Ralph Lynn

as Major Pyke

Veronica Rose

as Phyllis Chisholm

Joan Marion

as Clare Chester

Hubert Harben

as Mr. Gallop