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Death of a Soldier

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.

1986 |1h 33m |  Drama, History, War, Crime

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Cast

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James Coburn

Maj. Patrick Dannenberg

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Bill Hunter

Det. Sgt. Adams

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Reb Brown

Pvt. Edward J. Leonski

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Maurie Fields

Det. Sgt. Martin

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Michael Pate

Major General Sutherland

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Lisa Aldenhoven

Girl #1 in Bar

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Chris Connelly

Jim Smith

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Peter Hosking

Billy

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Frank Thring

Religious Speaker

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Tim Hughes

Dave - Detective in Bar

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Gennie Nevinson

Gladys Hosking

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John Murphy

Army Psychiatrist

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Ken Wayne

Law Officer

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Patrick Frost

Signal Captain

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Antoinette Byron

Post Office Clerk #2

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Terence Donovan

John Curtin

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Jasper Bagg

GI on Train (uncredited)

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Carol Hitchcock

Woman with Wig (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

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