The Last Grenade

The Last Grenade
Original film poster
Directed byGordon Flemyng
Written byJames Mitchell
Kenneth Ware
Based onThe Ordeal of Major Grigsby
by John Sherlock
Produced byJosef Shaftel
Dimitri de Grunwald
StarringStanley Baker
Alex Cord
Honor Blackman
CinematographyAlan Hume
Edited byAnn Chegwidden
Music byJohn Dankworth
Production
company
Lockmore Productions
Distributed byCinerama Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • March 1970 (1970-03)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[1] or £1,126,552[2]

The Last Grenade is a 1970 British war film directed by Gordon Flemyng and starring Stanley Baker and Alex Cord as two soldiers of fortune, formerly comrades, who now find themselves on opposite sides. The cast also includes Richard Attenborough, Honor Blackman, Rafer Johnson, John Thaw, Andrew Keir, and Julian Glover. It was the final feature film directed by Flemyng.

  1. ^ Three films get a British backer Author: Stella Shamoon Date: Thursday, Jan. 8, 1970 Publication: The Daily Telegraph (London, England) Issue: 35674 p21
  2. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 361