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Guns at Batasi. Have you seen it?


Perhaps it is because I am a sucker for British military movies.

Or maybe it's because the first time I saw it I did not expect much from it, but Guns at Batasi leapt to the top of my all-time favorites list the first time I saw it.

It stays there no matter how many times I see it.

It's hokey, it's overdone and it's certainly low-budget. But it does have a sterling cast of British character actors, and it has several powerful scenes and Attenborough is magnificent as the sergeant-major. A great character study.

Here's a man, who has dedicated his entire adult life to a code, a way of life. It's all he knows, it's all he wants and in this one incident everything he has ever stood for or worked for it tested and threatened.

The sergeant major, despite what you might think of the military is a man of honor and courage. He's the kind of guy you would want on your side no matter what.

If you have not seen this movie. Find it, see it. Give it a chance. I think you will like. A definite thumbs up.


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</td><td valign="middle">Richard Attenborough</td><td nowrap="1" valign="middle"> .... </td><td valign="middle">RSM Lauderdale</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="center" valign="middle"></td><td valign="middle">Jack Hawkins</td><td nowrap="1" valign="middle"> .... </td><td valign="middle">Col. Deal</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"><td align="center" valign="middle"></td><td valign="middle">Flora Robson</td><td nowrap="1" valign="middle"> .... </td><td valign="middle">Miss Baker Wise, M.P.</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="center" valign="middle"></td><td valign="middle">John Leyton</td><td nowrap="1" valign="middle"> .... </td><td valign="middle">Pvt. Wilkes</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"><td align="center" valign="middle">
</td><td valign="middle">Mia Farrow</td><td nowrap="1" valign="middle"> .... </td><td valign="middle">Karen Eriksson</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="center" valign="middle"></td><td valign="middle">Cecil Parker</td><td nowrap="1" valign="middle"> .... </td><td valign="middle">Fletcher</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"><td align="center" valign="middle"></td><td valign="middle">Errol John</td><td nowrap="1" valign="middle"> .... </td><td valign="middle">Lt. Boniface</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="center" valign="middle"></td><td valign="middle">Graham Stark</td><td nowrap="1" valign="middle"> .... </td><td valign="middle">Sgt. Dodger Brown</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"><td align="center" valign="middle"></td><td valign="middle">Earl Cameron</td><td nowrap="1" valign="middle"> .... </td><td valign="middle">Capt. Abraham</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="center" valign="middle"></td><td valign="middle">Percy Herbert</td><td nowrap="1" valign="middle"> .... </td><td valign="middle">Colour Sgt. Ben Parkin</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"><td align="center" valign="middle"></td><td valign="middle">David Lodge</td><td nowrap="1" valign="middle"> .... </td><td valign="middle">Sgt. Muscles Dunn</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="center" valign="middle"></td><td valign="middle">Bernard Horsfall</td><td nowrap="1" valign="middle"> .... </td><td valign="middle">Sgt. Schoolie Prideaux</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"><td align="center" valign="middle"></td><td valign="middle">John Meillon</td><td nowrap="1" valign="middle"> .... </td><td valign="middle">Sgt. Aussie Drake</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="center" valign="middle"></td><td valign="middle">Horace James</td><td nowrap="1" valign="middle"> .... </td><td valign="middle">Cpl. About (sergeant's mess bartender)</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"><td align="center" valign="middle"></td><td valign="middle">Patrick Holt</td><td nowrap="1" valign="middle"> .... </td><td valign="middle">Captain</td></tr></tbody></table>