The High Command

The High Command
U.S. poster
Directed byThorold Dickinson
Written byWalter Meade (dialogue)
Katherine Strueby (screenplay)
Val Valentine (dialogue)
Based onnovel The General Goes Too Far by Lewis Robinson
Produced byGordon Wellesley
StarringLionel Atwill
Lucie Mannheim
CinematographyOtto Heller
Edited bySidney Cole
Music byErnest Irving
Production
company
Fanfare Pictures
Distributed byAssociated British Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 22 March 1937 (1937-03-22) (London)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The High Command is a 1937 British drama film directed by Thorold Dickinson and starring Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim and James Mason.[1]

It was shot at Ealing Studios and on location on the Gold Coast. The film's sets were designed by the art director Holmes Paul. It is an adaptation of the 1936 novel The General Goes Too Far by Lewis Robinson.

  1. ^ "The High Command (1937)". Archived from the original on 27 September 2016.