Four Men and a Prayer (1938)

A truly all-star cast in this one for the fans of old movies. Sir C. Aubrey Smith is on trial in India before a military court. His sons (George Sanders, Richard Greene, David Niven, William Henry) receive telegrams of his dishonorable discharge with a request to meet him at home. Smith tells them that someone has sold guns to natives and then created a situation for the guns to be used. He sends his sons from his study until supper. As they are called back in, they hear a gun shot. It appears to be suicide, but the window is open and his evidence in his defense is stolen. The sons organize to prove his innocence.

The trail leads all over the world, with Greene's girlfriend, Loretta Young, chasing him all along. She get too involved with Reginald Denny, who works for the arms syndicate, and sees a group of civilians massacred. Then Greene is arrested for interfering, but Young gets him out and they are, naturally, in love by this time. Denny admits he signed the order that caused Smith's problem, but is shot before he can tell who ordered it. Then the sons learn that Young's father is the head of the arms syndicate. Greene breaks off with her, but she crashes their council and insists that they need her. She takes them to see her father. He insists that he knew nothing about the murders and will sell his stock in Atlas Arms immediately. He names the man who is responsible. The sons swim to the ship where Alan Hale is preparing to make his getaway. They trap him in his stateroom and get his confession. The King restores his rank and medals.




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