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1964

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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. Read more

Starring	Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton
Director	John Guillermin
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama

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Guns at Batasi

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.

Starring	Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton, Mia Farrow, Cecil Parker, Errol John
Director	John Guillermin
Studio	ELEVATION
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 43 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1964 To Rent: DVD: 02 Aug 2010

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- Basically the old chestnut about a group of disparate types trapped in a dangerous situation, this is given shape and stature by the star's lively performance as the martinet of an RSM.
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  Guns at Batasi is a surprisingly subtle and subversive blackly comic tale of decolonisation, overlooked in no small part because many critics both then and now ... read more »
  
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  Guns at Batasi is a surprisingly subtle and subversive blackly comic tale of decolonisation, overlooked in no small part because many critics both then and now ... read more »
  
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  Dont be fooled into thinking Attenborough is playing some ramrod RSM. The film begins painting him in the familiar guise of an Edwardian-style Sergeant-major, ... read more »
  
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