Lay Down Your Arms (1970)
Dennis Potter used his own background as a Russian language clerk in the War Office when writing this play for ITV's SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE series. At the time of the 1956 Suez Crisis and the Russian invasion of Hungary, Private Bob Hawk reports to the London Intelligence Office where the strength of Soviet troops is under scrutiny.
- Date of release
- 1970-05-23
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Christopher Morahan
Casting
- Nikolas Simmonds — Private Hawk
- Leonard Trolley — Lt. Col. Bakeman
- Peter Cellier — Major Hissock
- John Warner — Major Wilson
- Graham Armitage — Major Timps
- Ken Wayne — Col. Feather
- James Cairncross — Julian
- Julia Jones — Mrs Hawk
- Joby Blanshard — Mr Hawk
- George Layton — Corporal May
- Michael Cashman — Pete
- Therese McMurray — Pat
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