King and Country
“Go ahead... kill him - you're the only friend he has!”
1964 · 1 h 26 min
Joseph LoseyCast
Dirk Bogarde
Tom CourtenayCredits
Written by: 
Evan Jones
Plot
A private on trial for desertion in World War I.
Sinekatalog’s take
Joseph Losey's First World War courtroom drama has an officer defending a deserter on trial. Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtenay are superb in a bleak, claustrophobic and bitter portrait of military justice and futility.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (3,081 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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