Guns at Batasi

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.