Movie

Death of a Soldier

★ 2.8/10 · 6 votes 1986 1h 33m Released

DramaHistoryWarCrime

Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the uneasy US-Australian military alliance. The accused killer claims to have killed 3 women in order to possess their voices. Despite the defense lawyer's concerns that the killer is not fit to stand trial, the US military presses forward with the case and its desire to have the killer executed in order to strengthen the shaky alliance.

Cast

James Coburn Maj. Patrick Dannenberg Bill Hunter Det. Sgt. Adams Reb Brown Pvt. Edward J. Leonski Maurie Fields Det. Sgt. Martin Max Fairchild Major William Fricks B Belinda Davey Margot Saunders