The Last Grenade (1970)

Interesting facts

• Filmed in: Hong Kong and Spain

The Last Grenade is a 1970 British war film directed by Gordon Flemyng and starring Stanley Baker and Alex Cord as two soldiers of fortune, formerly comrades, who now find themselves on opposite sides. The cast also includes Richard Attenborough, Honor Blackman, Rafer Johnson, John Thaw, Andrew Keir, and Julian Glover. It was written by James Mitchell and Kenneth Ware based on John Sherlock's 1964 novel The Ordeal of Major Grigsby, and was the final feature film directed by Flemyng.

Production

It was one of a series of films produced by Dimitri de Grunwald, who called The Last Grenade's commercial prospects "safe-ish". The film was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location in Spain and Hong Kong. The sets were designed by the art director Anthony Pratt. Stanley Baker was the star.

The film only uses names of the characters from John Sherlock's 1964 novel The Ordeal of Major Grigsby that was set in the Malayan Emergency in 1948. Sherlock co-wrote the original screenplay that was rewritten by James Mitchell. The working title of the film was Grigsby.

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