Death of a Soldier

Name: Death of a Soldier
Genre: Drama, History, War, Crime
Released: 16 May 1986
Rating: 9.3
Cast: James Coburn, Bill Hunter, Reb Brown, Maurie Fields, Max Fairchild

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.

Genre: Drama, History, War, Crime

Cast: James Coburn, Bill Hunter, Reb Brown, Maurie Fields, Max Fairchild, Belinda Davey

Crew: David Hannay (Producer), John Scott (Editor), William L. Nagle (Producer), Jill Eden (Set Decoration), Alexandra Tyson (Costume Designer), Louis Irving (Cinematography)

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Runtime: 93 minutes

Quality: HD

Release: May 16, 1986

IMDb: 9.3

Country: Australia

Language: English

Keyword : 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

Death of a Soldier

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