Four Men and a Prayer

Four Men and a Prayer is a 1938 American adventure film directed by John Ford and starring Loretta Young, Richard Greene and George Sanders.

Four Men and a Prayer
Film poster
Directed by	John Ford
Produced by	Kenneth Macgowan
Written by	Richard Sherman Sonya Levien Walter Ferris William Faulkner (uncredited)
Screenplay by	Richard Sherman Sonya Levien Walter Ferris
Based on	Four Men and a Prayer 1937 novel by David Garth
Starring	Loretta Young Richard Greene George Sanders David Niven C. Aubrey Smith William Henry
Music by	Louis Silvers
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Louis R. Loeffler
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	April 29, 1938 (1938-04-29)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English Spanish

Plot

After a British Army Officer is cashiered in India following accusations of dereliction of duty, he summons his four sons to meet him in their family home. He reveals he has been framed, but before he can explain any more he is murdered. The four immediately set out to discover the truth and restore their father's honour. Spreading out across the world to Argentina and India they gather the evidence that shows that their father was a victim of a major arms dealer and triumph over him in a final confrontation in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. Returning home they are able to present evidence that clears their father's name.

Cast

Loretta Young as Miss Lynn Cherrington
Richard Greene as Geoffrey Leigh
George Sanders as Wyatt Leigh
David Niven as Christopher Leigh
C. Aubrey Smith as Col. Loring Leigh
William Henry as Rodney Leigh
J. Edward Bromberg as Gen. Torres
John Carradine as Gen. Adolfo Arturo Sebastian
Alan Hale as Mr. Furnoy
Reginald Denny as Capt. Douglas Loveland
Berton Churchill as Mr. Martin Cherrington
Barry Fitzgerald as Trooper Mulcahay
Claude King as Gen. Bryce
Cecil Cunningham as Piper

References

Bibliography

Eyman, Scott. Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford. Simon and Schuster, 2012.

External links

Four Men and a Prayer on IMDb
Four Men and a Prayer at AllMovie
Four Men and a Prayer at the TCM Movie Database
Four Men and a Prayer at the American Film Institute Catalog

Films by John Ford
Silent films	The Tornado (1917) The Trail of Hate (1917) The Scrapper (1917) Cheyenne's Pal (1917) The Soul Herder (1917) Straight Shooting (1917) The Secret Man (1917) A Marked Man (1917) Bucking Broadway (1917) The Phantom Riders (1918) Wild Women (1918) Thieves' Gold (1918) The Scarlet Drop (1918) Hell Bent (1918) A Woman's Fool (1918) The Craving (1918) Three Mounted Men (1918) Roped (1919) The Fighting Brothers (1919) A Fight for Love (1919) Rustlers (1919) Bare Fists (1919) Gun Law (1919) By Indian Post (1919) The Gun Packer (1919) Riders of Vengeance (1919) The Last Outlaw (1919) The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919) Ace of the Saddle (1919) Rider of the Law (1919) A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919) Marked Men (1919) The Prince of Avenue A (1920) The Girl in Number 29 (1920) Hitchin' Posts (1920) Just Pals (1920) The Big Punch (1921) The Freeze-Out (1921) The Wallop (1921) Desperate Trails (1921) Action (1921) Sure Fire (1921) Jackie (1921) Little Miss Smiles (1922) Silver Wings (1922) The Village Blacksmith (1922) The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923) Three Jumps Ahead (1923) Cameo Kirby (1923) North of Hudson Bay (1923) Hoodman Blind (1923) The Iron Horse (1924) Hearts of Oak (1924) Lightnin' (1925) Kentucky Pride (1925) Thank You (1925) The Fighting Heart (1925) The Shamrock Handicap (1926) 3 Bad Men (1926) Upstream (1927) Four Sons (1928) Strong Boy (1929)
Sound films	The Black Watch (1929) Men Without Women (1930) Born Reckless (1930) Up the River (1930) Seas Beneath (1931) The Brat (1931) Arrowsmith (1931) Air Mail (1932) Flesh (1932) Pilgrimage (1933) Doctor Bull (1933) The Lost Patrol (1934) The World Moves On (1934) Judge Priest (1934) The Whole Town's Talking (1935) The Informer (1935) Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) Mary of Scotland (1936) The Plough and the Stars (1936) Wee Willie Winkie (1937) The Hurricane (1937) Four Men and a Prayer (1938) Submarine Patrol (1938) Stagecoach (1939) Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) The Grapes of Wrath (1940) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Tobacco Road (1941) How Green Was My Valley (1941) They Were Expendable (1945) My Darling Clementine (1946) The Fugitive (1947) Fort Apache (1948) 3 Godfathers (1948) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) Wagon Master (1950) Rio Grande (1950) The Quiet Man (1952) What Price Glory (1952) The Sun Shines Bright (1953) Mogambo (1953) The Long Gray Line (1955) Mister Roberts (co-d, 1955) The Searchers (1956) The Wings of Eagles (1957) The Rising of the Moon (1957) Gideon's Day (1958) The Last Hurrah (1958) The Horse Soldiers (1959) Sergeant Rutledge (1960) Two Rode Together (1961) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) How the West Was Won (1963) Donovan's Reef (1963) Cheyenne Autumn (1964) 7 Women (1966)
Television	"Rookie of the Year" (1955) "The Colter Craven Story" "Flashing Spikes" (1962)
Productions	The Iron Horse (1924) The Blue Eagle (1926) Mother Machree (1928) Hangman's House (1928) Riley the Cop (1928) Salute (1929) Flesh (1932) The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) Young Cassidy (1965)
Documentaries and training films	Torpedo Squadron (1942) Sex Hygiene (1942) The Battle of Midway (1942) December 7th: The Movie (1943) Undercover (1943) This is Korea (1951) Korea: Battleground for Liberty (1959) Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1970) Vietnam! Vietnam! (1971) (produced and co-wrote)
Related	Directed by John Ford (1971 documentary) Five Came Back (2017 documentary)

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