The Four Feathers
4:00 pm - 6:05 pm, Wednesday, March 4 on Talking Pictures TV (82)
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About this Broadcast
A British officer branded a coward goes to great lengths to regain his honour while fighting in the Sudan. Historical drama, starring Beau Bridges and Robert Powell
1978
subtitles
Historical/Period Drama
Literary Adaptation
Movie/Drama
War
Cast & Crew
Beau Bridges
(Actor)
.. Harry Feversham
Robert Powell
(Actor)
.. Jack Durrance
Jane Seymour
(Actor)
.. Ethne Eustace
Don Sharp
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Beau Bridges
(Actor)
.. Harry Feversham
Born:
December 09, 1941
in
Los Angeles
Best Known For:
Being Jeff's older sibling.
Early-life:
Born Lloyd Vernet Bridges III on December 9, 1941, in Hollywood. As a result of the Pearl Harbor attacks two days earlier, he was delivered by candlelight. His parents, actors Lloyd Bridges and Dorothy Dean Bridges, started calling him Beau after Ashley Wilkes's son in Gone with the Wind, a novel they were reading at the time. Bridges' younger siblings are brother Jeff and sister Lucinda. He had roles in several movies as a child before going to university, although he later dropped out to concentrate on acting.
Career:
Beau gained his first major role in 1967's The Incident, and followed it with leading roles in Gaily, Gaily and The Landlord before settling for smaller, more interesting character parts. Notable films include Two Minute Warning, The Fifth Musketeer, Silver Dream Racer, The Hotel New Hampshire and The Fabulous Baker Boys, in which he co-starred with brother Jeff. He has also worked extensively on TV, winning numerous Emmys and Golden Globes for his work in The Second Civil War, The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Mom and Without Warning: The James Brady Story. He appeared in American sitcom My Name Is Earl, playing the titular character's father. More recently, he has played a recurring role in the drama Masters of Sex and a lead role in sitcom The Millers.
Quote:
'I just feel that scary rides and playing games in the dark are what you want when you're a kid. Then when you grow up, watching thriller movies takes their place. I guess they're a safe way for folks to put themselves in scary situations to see how they would feel.'
Trivia:
Bridges was scouted by a number of NBA teams in his youth.
Robert Powell
(Actor)
.. Jack Durrance
Born:
June 01, 1944
in
Salford
Best Known For:
Jesus of Nazareth and The Thirty Nine Steps.
Early-life:
Robert Thomas Powell was born on June 1, 1944, in Salford, Manchester, the youngest of three children. After leaving school, Powell studied law at Manchester University, where he became hooked on acting. The director of a student play advised him to ditch his plans to become a solicitor and try treading the boards instead. He left university so he could hone his craft at a theatre in Stoke-on-Trent, before moving to London in 1964.
Career:
Powell made his film debut in 1967's Robbery, and had a small part in 1969's The Italian Job. A role in spooky TV show Doomwatch made him a star in the UK, but he quit after a year to tackle different projects. Roles in such productions as Asylum, The Edwardians, Mahler, and Tommy followed. In 1977 he landed the lead in epic miniseries Jesus of Nazareth, which introduced him to an international audience. Powell followed it with remakes of The Four Feathers and The Thirty-Nine Steps. Since then, he's continued to work steadily, appearing in the likes of The Detectives, Hannay, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Colour Me Kubrick. In 2005, he joined the cast of Holby City as surgeon Mark Williams, where he remained for six years.
Quote:
'I did say about 30 years ago that I would not be acting all my life. It's extraordinary how wrong I was.'
Trivia:
In December 2014, he played Ebenezer Scrooge in a Radio 4 adaptation of A Christmas Carol.
Jane Seymour
(Actor)
.. Ethne Eustace
Born:
February 15, 1951
in
Hayes, Middlesex
Best Known For:
Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman.
Early-life:
Born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg on February 15, 1951, in Hayes, Middlesex. She has two younger sisters and is the daughter of a British obstetrician and his Dutch wife. Due to her mother's nationality, Seymour is bilingual. She adopted her stage name at 17 when she became a professional dancer. While preparing for her second performance with the Kirov Ballet, she suffered a knee injury which forced her to give up her career.
Career:
After switching to acting, Seymour's movie debut was in a small role in Oh! What a Lovely War in 1969. A year later she made her first TV appearance in Here Come the Double Deckers! Roles in TV series The Pathfinders, The Onedin Line and The Strauss Family made her a famous name in the UK, but it was Bond flick Live and Let Die in 1973 which turned her into a star. She's worked continuously on the small and big screens ever since in such projects as Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, Somewhere in Time, War and Remembrance, and the long-running Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. She's also taken part in Dancing with the Stars and was last seen on the big screen in Love, Wedding, Marriage.
Quote:
'You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life - so that if it were over tomorrow, you'd be content with yourself.'
Trivia:
She received an OBE in 2000.
Don Sharp
(Director)
