Death of a Soldier

Summary 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. The real person who did this was Eddie Leonski. View more details

Death of a Soldier

Directed : Philippe Mora

Written : William L. Nagle

Stars : James Coburn Reb Brown Bill Hunter Maurie Fields

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Genres : Crime Drama War

Release date : Dec 3, 1986

Countries of origin : Australia

Language : English

Filming locations : Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Production companies : Suatu Film Management

Summary 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. The real person who did this was Eddie Leonski. View more details

Details

Genres : Crime Drama War

Release date : Dec 3, 1986

Countries of origin : Australia

Language : English

Filming locations : Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Production companies : Suatu Film Management

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