Death of a Soldier
"The obscenity of war. The brutality of murder. The travesty of justice."
Details
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.
Cast & Crew
- Cast:James Coburn , Bill Hunter , Reb Brown , Maurie Fields , Max Fairchild , Belinda Davey , Randall Berger , Michael Pate
- Director: Philippe Mora
- Producer: Oscar Scherl, Richard Tanner
