Guns at Batasi (1964)
- Directed by
- John Guillermin
- Genre
- drama film, war film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 31 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A rigid British sergeant major defends his remote African army base from mutineers. It follows the power struggle between old colonial order and the rising nationalist forces.
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What happens
Guns at Batasi is a 1964 British drama film starring Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton and Mia Farrow. The film is based on the 1962 novel The Siege of Battersea by Robert Holles and was directed by John Guillermin. Although the action is set in an overseas colonial military outpost during the last days of the British Empire in East Africa, filming was done at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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