Death of a Soldier
The obscenity of war. The brutality of murder. The travesty of justice.
19861h 33mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Crime
- War
- History
Overview
Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the uneasy US-Australian military alliance. The accused killer claims to have killed 3 women in order to possess their voices. Despite the defense lawyer's concerns that the killer is not fit to stand trial, the US military presses forward with the case and its desire to have the killer executed in order to strengthen the shaky alliance.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 16, 1986
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- Australia
- Production
- Suatu Film Management LTD.
- Cast
- Brian Adams,James Coburn,Rebecca Dines,Jon Sidney,Mary Charleston,Anthea Roordink,Kath Gordon,Geoff Parry,Simon Hughes,Chris Connellyand 53 more
- Director
- Philippe Mora
- Writer
- William L. Nagle
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0092858