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Guns at Batasi
Cinema poster
Directed byJohn Guillermin
Screenplay byRobert Holles
Story byLeo Marks
Marshall Pugh
Based onThe Siege of Battersea
by Robert Holles
Produced byGeorge H. Brown
StarringRichard Attenborough
Jack Hawkins
Flora Robson
CinematographyDouglas Slocombe
Edited byMax Benedict
Music byJohn Addison
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • September 1964 (1964-09) (UK)
  • 16 November 1964 (1964-11-16) (US)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.

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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...

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Mia Farrow on screen and stage

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appearance in John Paul Jones (1959) before making her feature debut in Guns at Batasi (1964), for which she earned a Golden Globe for New Star of the Year...

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John Leyton

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and films throughout the 1960s. His films included The Great Escape, Guns at Batasi, Von Ryan's Express and Krakatoa, East of Java. In 2009 he also had...

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Mia Farrow

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roles in several 1960s films, making her first credited appearance in Guns at Batasi (1964). The same year, she achieved stardom on the successful primetime...

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Alan Browning

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film credits included Feet of Clay (1960), Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961), Cleopatra (1963), Guns at Batasi (1964), and Julius Caesar (1970). "Alan Browning...

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List of awards and nominations received by Mia Farrow

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first Golden Globe for New Star of the Year for her performance in Guns at Batasi, and was nominated for a second Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama...

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Bernard Horsfall

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(1959–1960), Pathfinders to Mars (1960), the second sequel to Target Luna, Guns at Batasi (1964), The Avengers (three episodes in 1966 and 1967), On Her Majesty's...

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Earl Cameron

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Gabriel Gomez; Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963), in which he played Mang; Guns at Batasi (1964), in which he played Captain Abraham; and Battle Beneath the Earth...

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Jack Hawkins

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seemed to be over. He had supporting parts in The Third Secret (1964), Guns at Batasi (1964) and Lord Jim (1965). Masquerade (1965) gave him a lead opposite...

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Patrick Holt

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listed in the Spotlight casting directory at the time of his death. Later film appearances include Guns at Batasi (1964), Thunderball (1965), Young Winston...

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Richard Attenborough

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character roles in films such as Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) and Guns at Batasi (1964), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his portrayal...

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Errol John

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(1956), The Nun's Story (1959), The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961) and Guns at Batasi (1964); all were set in Africa. He gained a major role in the BBC's...

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Douglas Slocombe

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(Color) – The Blue Max (1967) Nominee: Best Cinematography (B&W) – Guns at Batasi (1965) Winner: Best Cinematography (B&W) – The Servant (1964) Saturn...

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Cecil Parker

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(1963) as Archdeacon Aspinall Carry On Jack (1963) as First Sealord Guns at Batasi (1964) as Fletcher The Comedy Man (1964) as Thomas Rutherford The Amorous...

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John Meillon

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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...

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Graham Stark

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Pope's Secretary (uncredited) A Shot in the Dark (1964) as Hercule Lajoy Guns at Batasi (1964) as Sgt. 'Dodger' Brown Go Kart Go (1964) as Policeman Those Magnificent...

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John Guillermin

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successful at the box office. In between the two movies, Guillermin directed Tarzan Goes to India (1962), another popular Tarzan movie. Guns at Batasi (1964)...

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Peter Sellers

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met Britt Ekland, a Swedish actress who had arrived in London to film Guns at Batasi. On 19 February 1964, just ten days after their first meeting, the couple...

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Leo Marks

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Couldn't Quite! (1947), Cloudburst (1951), The Best Damn Lie (1957), Guns at Batasi (co-writer) (1964), Sebastian (1968), and Twisted Nerve (1968). Marks...

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BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

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used on the original British release is unclear. "American Beauty shines at Baftas". BBC News. 9 April 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2021. "Gladiator, Crouching...

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Louis Mahoney

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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...

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1964 in film

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The Guns (Os Fuzis), directed by Ruy Guerra – (Brazil/Argentina) Guns at Batasi, starring Richard Attenborough and Jack Hawkins – (U.K.) The Guns of August...

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Flora Robson

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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...

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