Private Potter (Original title)
Date: 1962 (Copyright)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Casper Wrede
Synopsis: A young British soldier Private Potter ruins an army operation by crying out loudly at a critical moment. Arrested he explains he saw God. The Padre believes his story. Learning he may receive 15 years imprisonment the boy becomes hysterical and is sent by ambulance for treatment. He escapes and during a stormy night works out his own salvation. He is ready next morning to face Court Martial and prison.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Military
Releases
Date: 1962Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 7962 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1962 (Copyright)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Casper Wrede
Synopsis: A young British soldier Private Potter ruins an army operation by crying out loudly at a critical moment. Arrested he explains he saw God. The Padre believes his story. Learning he may receive 15 years imprisonment the boy becomes hysterical and is sent by ambulance for treatment. He escapes and during a stormy night works out his own salvation. He is ready next morning to face Court Martial and prison.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Military
Releases
Date: 1962Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 7962 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(49)
©: Inc. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Presents: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Produced by/A Ben Arbeid production: Ben Arbeid, Production Manager: Robert Sterne, [Production Accountant]: Fred Harding, [Production Secretary]: Cynthia Maugham, Assistant Director: Basil Rayburn, [2nd Assistant Director]: Gordon Gilbert, [3rd Assistant Director]: Ray Freeborn, Continuity: Tilly Day, Written by: Ronald Harwood, Casper Wrede, Original Television Play: Ronald Harwood, Photographed by: Arthur Lavis, Camera Operator: Herbert Smith, [Focus Puller]: Chic Anstiss, [Clapper Loader]: Robin Browne, [Chief Electrician]: Fred Pretty, [Stills]: Charles Trigg, Editor: John Pomeroy, [1st Assistant Editor]: Gerald Arbeid, [2nd Assistant Editor]: Bryan Tilling, Art Director: Jack Shampan, [Assistant Art Director]: Don Mingaye, [Set Dresser]: Michael White, [Production Buyer]: Bill Isaacs, [Standby Props]: Tommy Ibbetson, Fred Smart, [Standby Carpenter]: John J. Rae, [Standby Stagehand]: C. O'Connor, [Standby Grip]: Edward Burke, [Standby Rigger]: Frederick Crawford, Wardrobe: Ray Beck, [Wardrobe Assistant]: Fred Birch, Make-up: Stuart Freeborn, [Make-up Assistant]: Jack Smith, [Hairdresser]: Bill Griffiths, Music by: George Hall, [Music] Conducted by: Leonard Morris, Sound: Gerry Turner, Sound: J.B. Smith, [Sound Camera Operator]: Michael Hickey, [Boom Operator]: John Streeter, [Assistant Boom Operator]: Denis Porter, [Sound Maintenance]: Neil Stevenson, Recording System: Westrex Recording System, [Unit Driver]: Bert Lister, Made at: MGM British Studios
Cast
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Tom Courtenay (Private Potter), Mogens Wieth (Yannis), Ronald Fraser (doctor), James Maxwell (Lieutenant-Colonel Gunyon), Ralph Michael (padre), Brewster Mason (brigadier), Eric Thompson (Captain Knowles), John Graham (Major Sims), Frank Finlay (Captain Patterson), Harry Landis (Corporal Lamb), Michael Coles (Private Robertson), Jeremy Geidt (Major Reid)