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King and Country is a British film of genre Drama directed by Joseph Losey released in USA on 30 november 1965 with Dirk Bogarde
King and Country (1964)
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Add to a movie listKing and Country (stylised as King & Country) is a 1964 British war film directed by Joseph Losey, shot in black and white, and starring Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtenay. The film was adapted for the screen by British screenwriter Evan Jones based on a play by John Wilson and a novel by James Lansdale Hodson.
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During World War I, in the British trenches at Passchendaele, an army private, Arthur Hamp (Tom Courtenay) is accused of desertion. He is to be defended at his trial by an officer, Captain Hargreaves (Dirk Bogarde). Hamp had been a volunteer at the outbreak of the war and was the sole survivor of his company but then decided to 'go for a walk': he had contemplated walking to his home in London but after more than 24 hours on the road, he's picked up by the Military Police and sent back to his unit to face court-martial for desertion.Actors
Dirk Bogarde
(Capt. Hargreaves)
Tom Courtenay
(Pvt. Arthur Hamp)
Leo McKern
(Capt. O'Sullivan)
Barry Foster
(Lt. Webb)
Peter Copley
(Colonel)
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