The Light That Failed

Directed by William A. Wellman
Not Rated
December 24, 1939    1h 37mDrama, War,
6.45.8
Dick Heldar, a London artist, is gradually losing his sight. He struggles to complete his masterpiece, the portrait of Bessie Broke, a cockney girl, before his eyesight fails him.

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  • Ronald ColmanDick Heldar
  • Walter HustonTorpenhow
  • Muriel AngelusMaisie
  • Ida LupinoBessie Broke
  • Dudley DiggesThe Nilghai
  • Ernest CossartBeeton
  • Ferike BorosMadame Binat
  • Pedro de CordobaMonsieur Binat
  • Colin TapleyGardner
  • Ronald SinclairYoung Dick
  • Sarita WootonYoung Maisie
  • Halliwell HobbesDoctor
  • Charles IrwinSoldier Model
  • Francis McDonaldGeorge
  • George RegasCassavetti
  • Wilfred RobertsBarton
  • Jimmy AubreySoldier
  • Clara BloreMother
  • Ricardo Lord CezonLittle Boy
  • George ChandlerFirst Man (Voice)

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