The Iron Duke (film)


The Iron Duke is a 1934 British historical film directed by Victor Saville and starring George Arliss, Ellaline Terriss and Gladys Cooper. Arliss plays Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington in the events leading up to the Battle of Waterloo and beyond.

French King Louis XVIII and his niece and most trusted adviser, Madame, the Duchess dAngoulme Gladys Cooper, are not alarmed in the least. Ney Edmund Willard, formerly one of Napoleons marshals, volunteers to take 4000 picked men and capture his former leader. However, he switches sides.With France once again under Napoleons control, both sides race to reassemble their armies. Napoleon routs the Prussians under Marshal Blcher Franklin Dyall before coming to grips with his old nemesis Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo. At the crucial point of the battle, Blchers timely arrival turns the tide, and Napoleon is defeated for the final time. ........

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