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Lay Down Your Arms (1970)

Lay Down Your Arms (1970)

Drama TV Movie
Release Date: 1970, May 23
Directors: Christopher Morahan
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: LWT, LWT, Kestrel Films, Kestrel Films
Cast: Graham Armitage, Peter Cellier, David Webb, Joby Blanshard, Ken Wayne, Tim Hardy, John Levene, Michael Cashman, John Warner, George Layton, Tony Caunter, Tucker McGuire

Overview:

Dennis Potter used his own background as a Russian language clerk in the War Office when writing this play for ITV's SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE series. At the time of the 1956 Suez Crisis and the Russian invasion of Hungary, Private Bob Hawk reports to the London Intelligence Office where the strength of Soviet troops is under scrutiny.