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King & country / B.H.E. Productions Limited present ; screenplay by Evan Jones ; produced by Joseph Losey, Norman Priggen ; directed by Joseph Losey.
LIBRA DVD 011 570
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, John, author.
- Hodson, James Lansdale, 1891-1956, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hodson, James Lansdale, 1891-1956--Film adaptations.
- Hodson, James Lansdale.
- Hodson, James Lansdale, 1891-1956.
- World War, 1914-1918--Drama.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Courts-martial and courts of inquiry.
- Great Britain.
- Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--Great Britain--Drama.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- King and country
- Title on container: Joseph Losey's King & country
- Place of Publication:
- [Monterey, CA] : Kit Parker Films ; Tulsa, OK VCI Home Video [distributor], [2000]
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "A tough no-nonsense British Army lawyer is assigned to defend a lowly private at his court martial. The private has been accused of desertion during battle. The lawyer, Captain Hargreaves, is convinced the young man should be exemted. However, as the trial progresses and the strain of three horrible years endured at the Allied front is revealed, the more he is compelled to spare the youth from a firing squad."--Container.
- Participant:
- Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtenay, Leo McKern, Barry Foster, James Villiers.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Denys Coop ; camera operator, Chic Waterson ; editor, Reginald Mills ; music, Larry Adler .
- Notes:
- Based on the stage play by John Wilson, based on a story by James Landsdale Hodson.
- Videodisc of the British 1964 motion picture.
- ISBN:
- 155739170X
- OCLC:
- 46780090
- Publisher Number:
- 089859824920
- 8249 VCI Home Video
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