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- Based on the 1962 novel "The Siege of Battersea" by Robert Holles.
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Guns at Batasi is a 1964 British drama film starring Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton and Mia Farrow. The film is based on the 1962 novel The Siege of Battersea by Robert Holles and was directed by John Guillermin.
Guns at Batasi. Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Sir Richard Attenborough), on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat, must use his experience to defend those in his care.
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- Drama, History, War
- John Guillermin
- 1964-09-25
Experience the explosive drama of 'Guns at Batasi' (1964), a riveting war film directed by John Guillermin.
Based on the 1962 novel "The Siege of Battersea" by Robert Holles. After parading for a rebuke for letting the MP escape, C/Sgt Parkin drops the bolt of his Sterling SMG with the magazine still in the gun.
Despite its closing image of an undaunted Lauderdale, Guns at Batasi is imbued with sadness for a lost world, and shows the British army profoundly affected by decolonisation — its capacity for action eroded to the point of immobility, its authority diminished, and its soldiers unhonoured.
Summaries. Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Sir Richard Attenborough), on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat, must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Guns at Batasi. Soldiering and politics don't mix, according to this well developed screenplay and story by Robert Holles [from his novel The Siege of Battersea, adapted by Leo Marks and...
