The Bofors Gun (1968)
1h 45m
Running Time
April 4, 1968Release Date
The Bofors Gun (1968)
1h 45m
Running Time
April 4, 1968Release Date
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Plot.
A national service NCO (David Warner) comes face to face with an embittered Irish Gunner (Nicol Williamson) who is determined to humiliate him.
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Cast & Crew.
Nicol Williamson
O'Rourke
Ian Holm
Flynn
David Warner
Terry "Lance Bar" Evans
John Thaw
Gunner Featherstone
Peter Vaughan
Sgt. Walker
Barry Jackson
Gunner Shone
Jack Gold
Director
Richard O'Callaghan
Gunner Rowe
Details.
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Wiki.
The Bofors Gun is a 1968 British drama film directed by Jack Gold and starring Nicol Williamson, David Warner, Ian Holm and John Thaw. It was based on the play Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun by John McGrath. It is set in 1954, during the British peacetime occupation of West Germany following the Second World War. It portrays the increasingly violent interaction between members of a squad of soldiers during a single night of guard duty.
Its budget was an estimated $800,000.