King and Country | |
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Directed by | Joseph Losey |
Written by | Evan Jones (screenplay) based on the play Hamp (1964) by John Wilson and the novel Return to the Wood (1955) by James Lansdale Hodson |
Produced by | Joseph Losey Norman Priggen |
Starring | Dirk Bogarde Tom Courtenay Leo McKern Barry Foster |
Cinematography | Denys Coop |
Edited by | Reginald Mills |
Music by | Larry Adler |
Production companies | BHE Films (UK) Landau/Unger (US) |
Distributed by | Warner-Pathé (UK) Allied Artists (US) |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £85,785[1][2][3] |
Box office | £117,358[4] |
King and Country is a 1964 British war film directed by Joseph Losey, shot in black and white, and starring Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtenay.[5] The film was adapted for the screen by British screenwriter Evan Jones based on the play Hamp by John Wilson[6] and a 1955 novel by James Lansdale Hodson.[7]