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All the King's Men is a feature-length World War I television drama by the BBC starring David Jason, first broadcast on Remembrance Sunday, 14 November 1999. The film derives its title from a line in the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme and is based on a 1992 book, The Vanished Battalion by the film's co-producer, Nigel McCrery.
Original Release
11/14/1999
US Release
02/20/2000
Cast
Name | Character |
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David Jason | Captain Frank Beck / Capt. Frank Beck |
Maggie Smith | Queen Alexandra |
William Ash | Sergeant Ted Grimes / Sgt. Ted Grimes |
Sonya Walger | Lady Frances |
Stuart Bunce | Hon. Frederick Radley / 2nd Lt. Frederick Radley |
James Murray | Private Will Needham / Pvt. Will Needham |
Ed Waters | Corporal Herbert Batterbee |
Tom Burke | Private Chad Batterbee / Pvt. Chad Batterbee |
Ben Crompton | Private Davy Croft / Pvt. Davy Croft |
Eamon Boland | Arthur Beck |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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David Jason | Captain Frank Beck / Capt. Frank Beck |
Maggie Smith | Queen Alexandra |
William Ash | Sergeant Ted Grimes / Sgt. Ted Grimes |
Sonya Walger | Lady Frances |
Stuart Bunce | Hon. Frederick Radley / 2nd Lt. Frederick Radley |
James Murray | Private Will Needham / Pvt. Will Needham |
Ed Waters | Corporal Herbert Batterbee |
Tom Burke | Private Chad Batterbee / Pvt. Chad Batterbee |
Ben Crompton | Private Davy Croft / Pvt. Davy Croft |
Eamon Boland | Arthur Beck |
Jo Stone-Fewings | Lieut. Alec Beck |
James Hillier | Second Lieut. Evelyn Beck |
David Troughton | King George V |
Emma Cunniffe | Peggy Batterbee |
Adam Kotz | Oswald Yeoman |
Patrick Malahide | Captain Claude Howlett / Capt. Claude Howlett |
Gaye Brown | Queen Mary |
Phyllis Logan | Mary Beck |
Ian McDiarmid | Rev. Pierrepoint Edwards |
Danny Worters | Private George Dacre |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Rebecca Eaton | Executive Producer |
Hilary Salmon | Executive Producer |
Jane Tranter | Executive Producer |
Ruth Maturuas | Producer |
Nigel McCrery | Producer |
Gareth Neame | Producer |