For Queen and Country

For Queen and Country
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMartin Stellman
Written by
Produced byTim Bevan
Starring
CinematographyRichard Greatrex
Edited bySteve Singleton
Music byMichael Kamen
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • May 17, 1988 (1988-05-17) (Cannes)
  • May 19, 1989 (1989-05-19) (United States)
Running time
105 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom[1]
  • United States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.5 million[3]
Box office$191,051 (US)[4]
£124,048 (UK)[5]

For Queen and Country is a 1988 crime drama film co-written and directed by Martin Stellman and starring Denzel Washington in Panavision. Washington stars as Reuben James, a Black British former paratrooper, who joined the British Army to escape the poverty of inner city London; Reuben fights in the Falklands War, and upon returning home he finds that society ignores and challenges him while trying to adjust to normal life.

The film received mixed reviews and was a box office flop.

  1. ^ a b "For Queen and Country (1989)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  2. ^ "For Queen & Country (1988)". BBFC. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ "AFI|Catalog". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  4. ^ "For Queen and Country". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 22.