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The Last Grenade (Original title)Grigsby (Working title)
Date: 19 March 1970 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Gordon Flemyng

Synopsis: Adventure and war story involving a mercenary unit. Based on the novel by John Sherlock: 'The ordeal of Mj. Grisby'

Genre:
War
Releases
Date: 1969Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Length: 8411 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: C.I.R.O.

Credits (34)
Production Company: Josef Shaftel Productions Limited, a Dimitri de Grunwald presentation: Dimitri de Grunwald, Producer: Josef Shaftel, Associate Producer: René Dupont, Production Manager: Ron Carr, Production Accountant: Arthur Tarry, Location Manager: Jim Brennan, [1st] Assistant Director: Tony Waye, 3rd Assistant Director: Gary White, Continuity: Rita Davison, Screenplay by: Kenneth Ware, Adapted for the screen by: James Mitchell, John Sherlock, Based on the novel 'The Ordeal of Mr Grisby' by: John Sherlock, Director of Photography: Alan Hume, Camera Operator: David Harcourt, Special Effects: Pat Moore, Editor: Ernest Hosler, Editor: Ann Chegwidden, Art Director: Anthony Pratt, Set Dresser: Terence Morgan, [Chief Draughtsperson]: Cliff Robinson, Construction Manager: Jim Brown, Miss Honor Blackman's Clothes Dsgned by: Bumble Dawson, Wardrobe Supervisor: Roy Ponting, Chief Make-up: Walter Schneiderman, Hairdresser: Gordon Bond, Titles by: Ellis/Wright, Music Composed and Conducted by: John Dankworth, Sound Recordist: Buster Ambler, Sound Re-recording: Len Shilton, Sound Editor: Michael Hopkins, Made at: Shepperton Studios
Cast (16)
Stanley Baker (Major Harry Grigsby), Alex Cord (Kip Thompson), Honor Blackman (Katherine Whiteley), Richard Attenborough (General Charles Whiteley), Rafer Johnson (Joe Jackson), Andrew Keir (Gordon Mackenzie), Ray Brooks (Lt David Coulson), Julian Glover (Andy Royale), John Thaw (Terry Mitchell), Philip Latham (Adams), Neil Wilson (Wilson), Gerald Sim (Dr Griffiths), A.J. Brown (governor), Pamela Stanley (governor's wife), Kenji Takaki (Te Ching), Paul Dawkins (Commissioner Doyle)