| The Bofors Gun | |
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| Directed by | Jack Gold |
| Written by | John McGrath |
| Based on | Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun by John McGrath |
| Produced by | Robert A. Goldston Otto Plaschkes |
| Starring | Nicol Williamson David Warner Ian Holm Gareth Forwood John Thaw |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Edited by | Anne V. Coates |
| Music by | Carl Davis |
Production companies | Copelfilms Everglades Productions Avernus Productions Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $800,000 or £160,442[1] or £171,058[2] |
The Bofors Gun is a 1968 British drama film directed by Jack Gold and starring Nicol Williamson, David Warner, Ian Holm and John Thaw.[3][4] It was written by John McGrath based on his 1966 play Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun.[5] Set in 1954, during the British peacetime occupation of West Germany following the Second World War, it portrays the increasingly violent interaction between members of a squad of soldiers during a single night of guard duty.
- ^ Chapman, L. (2021). “They wanted a bigger, more ambitious film”: Film Finances and the American “Runaways” That Ran Away. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 18(2), 176–197 p 189. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2021.0565
- ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 361
- ^ "The Bofors Gun". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ "The Bofors Gun (1968)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Events while Guarding the Bofors Gun". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 11 March 2024.