| A Foreign Field | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Roy Clarke |
| Directed by | Charles Sturridge |
| Starring | Alec Guinness Leo McKern Edward Herrmann John Randolph Geraldine Chaplin Lauren Bacall Jeanne Moreau |
| Music by | Geoffrey Burgon |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Richard Broke |
| Producers | Martyn Auty Steve Lanning |
| Cinematography | Richard Greatrex |
| Editor | John Bloom |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Production company | BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | 12 September 1993[1][2] |
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A Foreign Field is a 1993 British made-for-television drama film about British and American Second World War veterans returning to the beaches of Normandy as old men.[3] It is more a drama than a comedy, although it combines aspects of both. It was directed by Charles Sturridge and featured an ensemble cast of American, Australian, British, and French actors and actresses. The title evokes the Rupert Brooke poem "The Soldier".
The film was driven into production by Alec Guinness who used his influence with the BBC to make it and with the various famous actors to appear in it. Writer Roy Clarke won much acclaim for A Foreign Field.[4]
- ^ Radio Times, 11–17 September 1993, p.58.
- ^ The Kaleidoscope BBC Television Drama Research Guide, 1936-2011 edited by Simon Coward, Chris Perry and Richard Down, Kaleidoscope Ltd, 2011, p.2134.
- ^ Hayward, Anthony (23 April 2014). "Richard Broke: television producer who found himself attackde by the Tories for 'Tumbledown' and 'The Monocled Mutineer'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ "Roy Clarke (1930-)". BFI Screenline. Retrieved 5 June 2016.