Private Potter (1962)
A military mission is interrupted when a British soldier claims that God had appeared to him in a transcendental vision.
- Date of release
- 1962-01-01
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Casper Wrede
Casting
- Tom Courtenay — Pvt. Potter
- Ronald Fraser — Doctor
- James Maxwell — Lt. Col. Harry Gunyon
- Frank Finlay — Capt. Patterson
- Michael Coles — Pvt. Robertson
- Mogens Wieth — Yannis
- Ralph Michael — Padre
- Brewster Mason — Brigadier
- Harry Landis — LCpl. Lamb
- Fulton Mackay — Soldier
Interesting facts
Private Potter is a 1962 British drama film directed by Caspar Wrede and starring Tom Courtenay, Mogens Wieth, Ronald Fraser and James Maxwell. The screenplay was by Wrede and Ronald Harwood.
Production
The screenplay was written by Ronald Harwood for a television play that was broadcast on ITV in 1961 featuring some of the same main cast, including Tom Courtenay, and Caspar Wrede again as director. Finnish-born director Wrede first spotted Courtenay while he was still at RADA and the leading role of the fragile young soldier who wilts under pressure was his first film appearance.
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