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Death of a Soldier

Year:

1986

Duration:

93 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | War

IMDB rate:

5.2

Director:

Philippe Mora

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: Australia

Release Date: 1986-05-16

Filming Locations: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cast

Actor

Character

Lisa Aldenhoven

Geoff Parry

James Coburn

Maj. Patrick Dannenberg

Bill Hunter

Det. Sgt. Adams

Reb Brown

Pvt. Edward J. Leonski

Maurie Fields

Det. Sgt. Martin (as Maurice Fields)

Max Fairchild

Maj. William Fricks

Belinda Davey

Margot Saunders

Randall Berger

Pvt. Anthony Gallo

Michael Pate

Maj. Gen. Sutherland

Jon Sidney

Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Nell Johnson

Maisie

Pippa Wilson

Singer in Boomerang Bar

Kim Rushworth

Band in bar

John McTiernan

Col. Williams

Earl Francis

Police Doctor

Ron Pinnell

Mr. Harmon

Len Kaserman

Maj. Gen. Eichelberger

John Cottone

Maj. Gen. R.G. Marshall

Nigel Bradshaw

Sgt. Rothberger

Anthea Roordink

Girl on bar (as Anthea Rudink)

Mary Charleston

Pauline Thompson (as Mary Charelston)

Chris Connelly

Jim Smith

Robin Harrison

Philip Raymond (as Rob Harrison)

Peter Hosking

Billy

Dave Gray

Piano player in brothel

Ian Shrives

Australian digger

David Arnett

GI sergeant

Malcolm Lomax

GI with knife

Jeannette Leigh

Wilma Smith

Frank Thring

Religious speaker

Don White

GI on train

Paul Michael Young

GI on train

Bill Fozzard

Officer on train

Burt Cooper

Australian officer

Jon Craig

US officer

Rowena Mohr

Mary Henry

Simon Hughes

Const. Wilson

Kath Gordon

Girl kissing GI in doorway (as Kathy Gordon)

Paul Russell

GI kissing girl in doorway

Nikki Lane

Stripper in bar

Peter Gaudian

Second band in bar (as Peter Gaudian and the Society Syncopaters)

Tim Hughes

Dave (detective in bar)

Gennie Nevinson

Gladys Hosking

John F. Howard

Latrine GI

David Frezza

Provost Sergeant

Duke Bannister

Col. Spencer Eddy

John Murphy

Army psychiatrist

Brian Adams

Court martial president

Arthur Sherman

US Army prosecutor

Ken Wayne

Law member

John Benton

Signals sergeant

Patrick Frost

Signals captain

John Higgins

US staff Mmjor

Anna Peacock

Post Office clerk #1

Antoinette Byron

Post Office clerk #2

Paul Karo

Opposition MP

Terence Donovan

John Curtin

Elizabeth Crockett

MacArthur's secretary

Brian Woeller

US padre

Perry Atfield

US Provost

Kerrie Biddell

Don Burrows

Jasper Bagg

G.I. on train (uncredited)

Mark Clarke

Army soldier (uncredited)

Rebecca Dines

Jane Evans (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

This movie had at least five working titles: 'Leonski"; "War Story"; "Leonski: The Brown-out Murders"; "The Leonski Inciden"; and "The Brown-out Murders".