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Death of a Soldier

"The obscenity of war. The brutality of murder. The travesty of justice."

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.

Top Cast

  • James Coburn

    James Coburn

    Maj. Patrick Dannenberg

  • Bill Hunter

    Bill Hunter

    Det. Sgt. Adams

  • Reb Brown

    Reb Brown

    Pvt. Edward J. Leonski

  • Maurie Fields

    Maurie Fields

    Det. Sgt. Martin

  • Max Fairchild

    Max Fairchild

    Major William Fricks

  • Belinda Davey

    Belinda Davey

    Margot Saunders

  • Randall Berger

    Randall Berger

    Pvt. Anthony Berger

  • Michael Pate

    Michael Pate

    Major General Sutherland

  • Jon Sidney

    Jon Sidney

    General Douglas MacArthur

Overview

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.

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