Guns at Batasi
Outnumbered A Hundred to One - Yet Fighting Like a Thousand Heroes in a Hell Spot Called Batasi!
1964 · 1h 43m · APPROVED
Drama, War
Directed by
John Guillermin
Overview
An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Director and cast
- John Guillermin Director
- Richard Attenborough as Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
- Jack Hawkins as Colonel Deal
- Flora Robson as Miss Barker-Wise
- John Leyton as Private Wilkes
- Mia Farrow as Karen Eriksson
- Cecil Parker as Fletcher
- Errol John as Boniface
- Graham Stark as Dodger
- Earl Cameron as Captain Abraham
- Percy Herbert as Parkin
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