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# The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935): cast and crew

19 cast and 20 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Gary Cooper](https://film.one/person/gary-cooper.md) as Alan McGregor
- [Franchot Tone](https://film.one/person/franchot-tone.md) as Forsythe
- [Richard Cromwell](https://film.one/person/richard-cromwell.md) as Donald Stone
- [Guy Standing](https://film.one/person/guy-standing.md) as Tom Stone
- [C. Aubrey Smith](https://film.one/person/c-aubrey-smith.md) as Major Hamilton
- [Kathleen Burke](https://film.one/person/kathleen-burke.md) as Tania Volkanskaya
- [Douglass Dumbrille](https://film.one/person/douglass-dumbrille.md) as Mohammed Khan
- [Monte Blue](https://film.one/person/monte-blue.md) as Hamzulla Khan
- [Colin Tapley](https://film.one/person/colin-tapley.md) as Barrett
- [Akim Tamiroff](https://film.one/person/akim-tamiroff.md) as Otamanu
- [J. Carrol Naish](https://film.one/person/j-carrol-naish.md) as Grand Vizier
- [Noble Johnson](https://film.one/person/noble-johnson.md) as Ram Singh
- [Lumsden Hare](https://film.one/person/lumsden-hare.md) as Thomas Woodley
- [Jameson Thomas](https://film.one/person/jameson-thomas.md) as Hendrickson
- [Mischa Auer](https://film.one/person/mischa-auer.md) as Captured Afridi (uncredited)
- [Harry Cording](https://film.one/person/harry-cording.md) as Sentry (uncredited)
- Sam Harris as British Officer (uncredited)
- Lya Lys as Girl on Train (uncredited)
- Charles Stevens as McGregor's Servant (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Henry Hathaway](https://film.one/person/henry-hathaway.md): Director
- Clem Beauchamp: Assistant Director
- Paul Wing: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Waldemar Young](https://film.one/person/waldemar-young.md): Screenplay
- [John L. Balderston](https://film.one/person/john-l-balderston.md): Screenplay
- [Achmed Abdullah](https://film.one/person/achmed-abdullah.md): Screenplay
- [Grover Jones](https://film.one/person/grover-jones.md): Writer
- [William Slavens McNutt](https://film.one/person/william-slavens-mcnutt.md): Writer
- Francis Yeats-Brown: Novel

## Production

- [Louis D. Lighton](https://film.one/person/louis-d-lighton.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Charles Lang](https://film.one/person/charles-lang.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Ellsworth Hoagland](https://film.one/person/ellsworth-hoagland.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Herman Hand](https://film.one/person/herman-hand.md): Original Music Composer
- [John Leipold](https://film.one/person/john-leipold.md): Original Music Composer
- [Milan Roder](https://film.one/person/milan-roder.md): Original Music Composer
- [Heinz Eric Roemheld](https://film.one/person/heinz-roemheld.md): Original Music Composer
- Franklin Hansen: Sound Engineer

## Art

- Roland Anderson: Art Direction
- Hans Dreier: Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- [Travis Banton](https://film.one/person/travis-banton.md): Costume Design

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