Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1935 American adventure-comedy film loosely adapted from the 1930 book of the same name by British-Indian author Francis Yeats-Brown. The film is a Paramount picture directed by Henry Hathaway and written by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston and Achmed Abdullah.The plot of the film, which bears very little resemblance to Brown's book, tells the story of a group of British cavalrymen and high-ranking officers desperately trying to defend their stronghold and headquarters at Bengal against the rebellious natives during the days of the British Raj. It stars Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, and Douglass Dumbrille.Production and planning of the film began in 1931 and Paramount expected the film to be released that same year. However, due to a film stock crisis, the project was delayed. The motion picture was released in American cinemas in January 1936.The film's release was met with highly positive reviews and box office results. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning Assistant Director, with other nominations including Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. It has been described as, "one of the greatest adventure films of all time"."@en }
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- The_Lives_of_a_Bengal_Lancer_(film) abstract "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1935 American adventure-comedy film loosely adapted from the 1930 book of the same name by British-Indian author Francis Yeats-Brown. The film is a Paramount picture directed by Henry Hathaway and written by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston and Achmed Abdullah.The plot of the film, which bears very little resemblance to Brown's book, tells the story of a group of British cavalrymen and high-ranking officers desperately trying to defend their stronghold and headquarters at Bengal against the rebellious natives during the days of the British Raj. It stars Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, and Douglass Dumbrille.Production and planning of the film began in 1931 and Paramount expected the film to be released that same year. However, due to a film stock crisis, the project was delayed. The motion picture was released in American cinemas in January 1936.The film's release was met with highly positive reviews and box office results. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning Assistant Director, with other nominations including Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. It has been described as, "one of the greatest adventure films of all time".".