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1964 British film
Guns at Batasi
Cinema poster
Directed by
John Guillermin
Screenplay by
Robert Holles
Story by
Leo Marks Marshall Pugh
Based on
The Siege of Battersea by Robert Holles
Produced by
George H. Brown
Starring
Richard Attenborough Jack Hawkins Flora Robson
Cinematography
Douglas Slocombe
Edited by
Max Benedict
Music by
John Addison
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release dates
September 1964 (1964-09) (UK)
16 November 1964 (1964-11-16) (US)
Running time
103 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
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.
GunsatBatasi is a 1964 British drama film starring Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton and Mia Farrow. The film is based on...
appearance in John Paul Jones (1959) before making her feature debut in GunsatBatasi (1964), for which she earned a Golden Globe for New Star of the Year...
and films throughout the 1960s. His films included The Great Escape, GunsatBatasi, Von Ryan's Express and Krakatoa, East of Java. In 2009 he also had...
roles in several 1960s films, making her first credited appearance in GunsatBatasi (1964). The same year, she achieved stardom on the successful primetime...
film credits included Feet of Clay (1960), Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961), Cleopatra (1963), GunsatBatasi (1964), and Julius Caesar (1970). "Alan Browning...
first Golden Globe for New Star of the Year for her performance in GunsatBatasi, and was nominated for a second Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama...
(1959–1960), Pathfinders to Mars (1960), the second sequel to Target Luna, GunsatBatasi (1964), The Avengers (three episodes in 1966 and 1967), On Her Majesty's...
Gabriel Gomez; Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963), in which he played Mang; GunsatBatasi (1964), in which he played Captain Abraham; and Battle Beneath the Earth...
seemed to be over. He had supporting parts in The Third Secret (1964), GunsatBatasi (1964) and Lord Jim (1965). Masquerade (1965) gave him a lead opposite...
listed in the Spotlight casting directory at the time of his death. Later film appearances include GunsatBatasi (1964), Thunderball (1965), Young Winston...
character roles in films such as Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) and GunsatBatasi (1964), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his portrayal...
(Color) – The Blue Max (1967) Nominee: Best Cinematography (B&W) – GunsatBatasi (1965) Winner: Best Cinematography (B&W) – The Servant (1964) Saturn...
(1963) as Archdeacon Aspinall Carry On Jack (1963) as First Sealord GunsatBatasi (1964) as Fletcher The Comedy Man (1964) as Thomas Rutherford The Amorous...
brother was director Bob Meillon (1943–2012). Meillon began his acting career at the age of eleven in the ABC's radio serial Stumpy, and made his first stage...
Pope's Secretary (uncredited) A Shot in the Dark (1964) as Hercule Lajoy GunsatBatasi (1964) as Sgt. 'Dodger' Brown Go Kart Go (1964) as Policeman Those Magnificent...
successful at the box office. In between the two movies, Guillermin directed Tarzan Goes to India (1962), another popular Tarzan movie. GunsatBatasi (1964)...
met Britt Ekland, a Swedish actress who had arrived in London to film GunsatBatasi. On 19 February 1964, just ten days after their first meeting, the couple...
Couldn't Quite! (1947), Cloudburst (1951), The Best Damn Lie (1957), GunsatBatasi (co-writer) (1964), Sebastian (1968), and Twisted Nerve (1968). Marks...
used on the original British release is unclear. "American Beauty shines at Baftas". BBC News. 9 April 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2021. "Gladiator, Crouching...
medicine at University College London. He also joined the university's cricket team and played for Essex and Ilford. However, he left to pursue drama at the...
The Guns (Os Fuzis), directed by Ruy Guerra – (Brazil/Argentina) GunsatBatasi, starring Richard Attenborough and Jack Hawkins – (U.K.) The Guns of August...
both in north London, and later to Welwyn Garden City. She was educated at the Palmers Green High School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where...