Death of a Soldier
- Released on
- Runtime
- 93 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- James Coburn
- Bill Hunter
- Reb Brown
- Maurie Fields
- Max Fairchild
- Belinda Davey
- Randall Berger
- Michael Pate
- Jon Sidney
- Nell Johnson
- Pippa Wilson
- Kim Rushworth
- John McTernan
- Earl Francis
- Ron Pinnell
- Len Kaserman
- John Cottone
- Lisa Aldenhoven
- Nigel Bradshaw
- Anthea Roordink
- Mary Charleston
- Chris Connelly
- Robin Harrison
- Peter Hosking
- Dave Gray
- Ian Shrives
- David Arnett
- Malcolm Lomax
- Jeannette Leigh
- Frank Thring
- Don White
- Paul Michael Young
- Bill Fozzard
- Burt Cooper
- Jon Craig
- Rowena Mohr
- Simon Hughes
- Kath Gordon
- Paul Russell
- Nicci Lane
- Tim Hughes
- Gennie Nevinson
- John F. Howard
- David Frezza
- Duke Bannister
- John Murphy
- Brian Adams
- Arthur Sherman
- Ken Wayne
- John Benton
- Patrick Frost
- John Higgins
- Anna Peacock
- Antoinette Byron
- Paul Karo
- Terence Donovan
- Elizabeth Crockett
- Geoff Parry
- Perry Atfield
- Jasper Bagg
- Mark Clarke
- Rebecca Dines
- Carol Hitchcock
Director
- Philippe Mora
Producers
- David Hannay
- William L. Nagle
Screenwriter
- William L. Nagle
