Bofors Gun, The
Date: 1968
Director: Jack Gold
Production Company: Copelfilms, Everglades Productions, Universal Pictures
Stars: David Warner, Nicol Williamson, Ian Holm, Peter Vaughan
Location(s): Unidentified
Region(s): Germany
Storyline:
A national service NCO comes face to face with an embittered Irish Gunner who is determined to humiliate him.
Additional Information:
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Bombardier Terry "Lance Bar" Evans waits for transport back to camp after attending a classical concert. The film is set in North Germany and this location is somewhere in Germany.
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In the back of the truck Evans reads a letter from home.
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A sign is let out as the journey back to barracks continues.
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Dusk has fallen by the time Evans runs from the transport when it arrives at the camp. We're now somewhere in England.
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A sergeant (Glynn Edwards) questions Lance Corporal Terry Evans (David Warner) on his return.
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Evans accounts for Gunners Crawley (Donald Gee), Rowe (Richard O'Callaghan) and Flynn (Ian Holm).
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The Bombardier waits for two missing Gunners.
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Gunners O'Rourke (Nicol Williamson) and Featherstone (John Thaw) march extravagantly towards Evans.
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Featherstone and O'Rourke stand to attention.
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A very inebriated O'Rourke leaves the NAAFI with Featherstone.
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In his drunken state, O'Rourke takes an axe and fells the flagpole in the parade ground.
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O'Rourke lets the company mascot out of its pen.
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Gunner Featherstone chases the goat. And all this happens as Evans needs just one more incident-free night before he returns home on leave!