Death of a Soldier

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

May 16 1986 R 1h 33m
Crime, Drama, War

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

William L. Nagle

Directed by

Philippe Mora

Cast

James Coburn, Bill Hunter, Reb Brown

Crew

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Production Countries

Australia

Production Companies

Suatu Film Management LTD.

Languages

English

Awards

2 nominations

Trailers
Death Of A Soldier Trailer 1986
Scores
# of Votes
290
Average Rating
5.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA