'THE LAST OUTPOST'

Evening Star, Issue 22460, 3 October 1936, Page 22

'THE LAST OUTPOST'

GRIPPING FILM AT LAURIER Strongly reminiscent in treatment and l significance of the sensational ‘ Lives of a Bengal Lancer,’ but with an individual appeal that should, nevertheless, make it as eminently successful as the ‘ Lancer ’ production, ‘ Tho Last Outpost ’ is now showing at the Laurier. Heading _ the cast _of principals is Claude Rains, appearing in a role quite apart from any he has yet attempted on tho screen, with Cary Grant, Gertrude Michael. Kathleen Burke, and Colin Tapley. Set against the colourful of the eastern front during the World 1 War, ‘The Last Outpost’ tells a strangely intriguing, authentic story of the relentless warfare tliat the Turks waged in Kurdistan in their endeavour to strike at India, the heart of the British Umpire. Into this seething field of battle comes Cary Grant, captain of a British armoured car division. Captured by a band of Kurdish cavalry, ho is rescued by Claude Rains, a British Intelligence officer, who refuses to reveal his identity. The two form a strange friendship and together they save an entire Armenian Balkan village from massacre by the Kurds by taking men, women, children, and cattle across a swollen river to the Mesopotamia Mountains, at the same time averting a surprise attack on tho British Army stationed there. Gripping drama, tense climax after climax, thrilling, fast-moving action, romantic interludes following eaehother in rapid succession in this photoplay of the love of.two men for one woman, complicated by their common mission as soldiers in the' sun-scorched deserts of Arabia, make ‘ The Last Outpost ’ a noteworthy achievement.