40,000 Horsemen

1h 40m
DramaWar
5.6

Charles Chauvel's 1940 cinematic tribute to the mounted troops of the Australian Light Horse regiments is a rousing call to arms, giving life to the heroic tales of mateship during the Great War.

Cast

Grant Taylor
Red Gallagher
Betty Bryant
Juliet Rouget
Chips Rafferty
Jim
Pat Twohill
Larry
Joe Valli
Scotty
Harvey Adams
Von Hausen
Eric Reiman
Von Schiller
Albert C. Winn
Sheik Abu
Kenneth Brampton
German Officer
John Fleeting
Captain Gordon
Harry Abdy
Paul Rouget
Norman Maxwell
Ismet
Pat Penny
Captain Seidi
Charles Zoli
Cafe Proprietor
Claude Turton
Othman
Theo Lianos
Abdul
Roy Mannix
Light Horse Sergeant
Edna Emmett
Dancing Girl
Vera Kandy
Dancing Girl
Iris Kennedy
Dancing Girl
Joy Hart
Dancing Girl
Michael Pate
Arab Carpet Seller / Arab Customer / Sikh Policeman
Robert Arthur Robson
Horseman

Crew

Charles Chauvel
Director, Writer, Producer
Elsa Chauvel
Screenplay
William Shepherd
Editor
George Heath
Director of Photography
Eric Nunn
Stunts

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