Death of a Soldier

5/16/19861h 33m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The obscenity of war. The brutality of murder. The travesty of justice. ~

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.

Director:

Philippe Mora

Status:

Released

Language:

English

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Revenue:

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Key words:

australia
general
world war ii
military court
based on true story
colonel
trial
major
murder
melbourne, australia
serial killer
sergeant
capital punishment
soldier
true crime
prosecutor
diplomacy
legal drama

Cast

James Coburn

~ as ~

Maj. Patrick Dannenberg

Bill Hunter

~ as ~

Det. Sgt. Adams

Reb Brown

~ as ~

Pvt. Edward J. Leonski

Maurie Fields

~ as ~

Det. Sgt. Martin

Max Fairchild

~ as ~

Major William Fricks

Belinda Davey

~ as ~

Margot Saunders

Randall Berger

~ as ~

Pvt. Anthony Berger

Michael Pate

~ as ~

Major General Sutherland

Jon Sidney

~ as ~

General Douglas MacArthur

Nell Johnson

~ as ~

Maisie

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