Alan McGregor — The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Character Profile

About Alan McGregor

Lieutenant and leader of newcomers. Leads an unauthorized rescue mission with Forsythe, gets captured, refuses to talk under torture, escapes, and dies manning a machine gun to blow up the ammunition tower. Posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.

Alan McGregor — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Gary Cooper

Appears in

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Alan McGregor — Alliance Teammate — Donald Stone (Richard Cromwell)

  Fellow officers who form a close operational bond and share a rescue mission.

• Alan McGregor — Alliance Teammate — Forsythe (Franchot Tone)

  Close friends and military partners who share risks and responsibilities.

• Alan McGregor — Professional Commander — Tom Stone (Guy Standing)

  Strict military hierarchy where the Colonel commands the lieutenant.

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• Forsythe (Franchot Tone)
• Donald Stone (Richard Cromwell)
• Major Hamilton (C. Aubrey Smith)
• Tania Volkanskaya (Kathleen Burke)
• Tom Stone (Guy Standing)
• Grand Vizier (J. Carrol Naish)
• Otamanu (Akim Tamiroff)
• Mohammed Khan (Douglass Dumbrille)
• Barrett (Colin Tapley)
• Hamzulla Khan (Monte Blue)
• British Officer (uncredited) (Sam Harris)
• McGregor's Servant (uncredited) (Charles Stevens)