Discover
Guns at Batasi is a 1964 British drama film starring Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton and Mia Farrow. The film was 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, the production was made at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom.
Original Release
09/25/1964
US Release
11/16/1964
Cast
Name | Character |
---|
Richard Attenborough | Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale |
Jack Hawkins | Colonel Deal / CO Deal |
Flora Robson | Miss Barker-Wise |
John Leyton | Private Wilkes |
Mia Farrow | Karen Eriksson |
Cecil Parker | Fletcher |
Errol John | Lieut. Boniface / Boniface |
Graham Stark | Sgt. 'Dodger' Brown / Dodger |
Earl Cameron | Captain Abraham |
Percy Herbert | Colour Sgt. Ben Parkin / Parkin |
Directors
Writers
Robert Holles, Leo Marks, Marshall Pugh, C.M. Pennington-Richards
Cast
Name | Character |
---|
Richard Attenborough | Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale |
Jack Hawkins | Colonel Deal / CO Deal |
Flora Robson | Miss Barker-Wise |
John Leyton | Private Wilkes |
Mia Farrow | Karen Eriksson |
Cecil Parker | Fletcher |
Errol John | Lieut. Boniface / Boniface |
Graham Stark | Sgt. 'Dodger' Brown / Dodger |
Earl Cameron | Captain Abraham |
Percy Herbert | Colour Sgt. Ben Parkin / Parkin |
David Lodge | Sgt. 'Muscles' Dunn / Muscles |
Bernard Horsfall | Sgt. 'Schoolie' Prideaux / Schoolie |
John Meillon | Sgt. 'Aussie' Drake / Aussie |
Horace James | Corporal Abou |
Patrick Holt | Captain |
Alan Browning | Adjutant |
Richard Bidlake | Lieutenant |
Joseph Layode | Archibong Shaw |
Ric Hutton | Russell |
Thomas Baptiste | Minor Role |
Producers
Name | Role |
---|
George H. Brown | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
---|
1965 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Female | Won |