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- BFI identifier34753
- Date1964 (Copyright)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisIn 1917 in a cellar at Passchendaele Private Hamp awaits court martial for desertion. Detailed to defend him, Captain Hargreaves, a correct, efficient, young officer realises from Hamp's simple replies that he is an innocent victim of war nerves and fatigue after three years active fighting. In the face of the facts marshalled against him and with any reference to the mental condition of the defendant excluded, Hargreaves' plea for justice is overridden by the rule of law. In Hamp's cellar his fellow soldiers, due next day to return up the line, get drunk on stolen rum. Next morning the firing squad fails to perform its duty. It is Hargreaves' bullet which carries out execution. (Synopsis)
- Work historyFilmed in under three weeks. Budger reported as £86,000.
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- CastDirk Bogarde (Captain Hargreaves)
Tom Courtenay (Private Hamp)
Leo McKern (Captain O'Sullivan)
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Title
King & Country (Original)
The Glory Hole (Working)
Hamp (Working)
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EIDR identifier
10.5240/0A89-CF3F-2FC2-F1A3-47AD-GCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
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view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Play by John Wilson and story by James Lansdale Hodson - SCR-10874
Script - Original story: Play by John Wilson and story by James Lansdale Hodson - SCR-10875
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-34753
Ephemera: publicity - PBM-34753
Medium and unfilmable small pbks held. See Joseph LOSEY Collection (Item 11), and certificate of registration in BOARD OF TRADE Collection.
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Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1397220
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-8nt
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-16i
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Work - 34753 - 1964 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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