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Overview
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Writers:
Robert Holles (screenplay)
Robert Holles (novel)
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Release Date:
30 October 1964 (West Germany) more
Tagline:
Outnumbered A Hundred to One - Yet Fighting Like a Thousand Heroes in a Hell Spot Called Batasi! more
Plot:
An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Sellers Wracked With Worry During Ekland Marriage
(From WENN. 31 July 2009, 5:01 AM, PDT)
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Brilliant vignette of the decline of the British Empire more (15 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard Attenborough | ... | Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale |
 | Jack Hawkins | ... | Colonel Deal |
| Flora Robson | ... | Miss Barker-Wise |
| John Leyton | ... | Private Wilkes |
 | Mia Farrow | ... | Karen Eriksson |
| Cecil Parker | ... | Fletcher |
| Errol John | ... | Lieut. Boniface |
| Graham Stark | ... | Sgt. 'Dodger' Brown |
| Earl Cameron | ... | Captain Abraham |
| Percy Herbert | ... | Colour Sgt. Ben Parkin |
| David Lodge | ... | Sgt. 'Muscles' Dunn |
| Bernard Horsfall | ... | Sgt. 'Schoolie' Prideaux |
| John Meillon | ... | Sgt. 'Aussie' Drake |
| Horace James | ... | Corporal Abou |
| Patrick Holt | ... | Captain |
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Runtime:
103 min
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (f) | Netherlands:12 | USA:Approved (MPAA rating: certificate #26767) | UK:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK more
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Mia Farrow replaced Britt Ekland at the last minute. more
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[first lines]
Sgt. Dodger Brown:
[singing as he drives a truck] She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes. She'll be comin'
Colour Sgt. Ben Parkin:
Can't you sing in tune?
Sgt. Dodger Brown:
round the mountain when she comes!
[pause as truck bumps over rough road]
Sgt. Dodger Brown:
Hey, Ben, you know I was just thinkin'. Back home they wouldn't let me drive a scooter without taking a test.
[chuckles]
Sgt. Dodger Brown:
Marvelous, isn't it?
[thud as truck jolts]
Colour Sgt. Ben Parkin:
Marvelous
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A career soldier (Attenborough) struggles in disbelief as the Empire crumbles before his eyes in East Africa. A fascinating insight into the passing of Colonialism in a period of history as far in the past as The British Empire.