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Soldier and Me

Soldier and Me

1974TV Series⏱️ 30m
Thriller
8
IMDB Rating
25 votes

Two teenage boys witness the murder of an old man, only for the old man to turn up alive after the boys notify the police.

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Gerry Sundquist, Richard Willis, Constantine Gregory
Release Date
July 15, 1974
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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🎭 Top Cast

Gerry Sundquist
Gerry Sundquist
as Jim Woolcott
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Richard Willis
as Istvan 'Soldier' Szolda
Constantine Gregory
Constantine Gregory
as Smiler
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Richard Ireson
as Greasy
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Milos Kirek
as Boss
Derrick O'Connor
Derrick O'Connor
as Driver
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Sally Sanders
as Mrs. Woolcott
Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson
as Dr. Nixon
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Armitage Ware
as Cripple
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Murray Leach
as Ron Nixon

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
Granada Television

🏷️ Keywords

murder

🎯 Categories

Thriller

⭐ Featured Review

A memorable Granada Television drama serial from 1974.
by DavidW19472018-11-09
10/10

"This ruggedly authentic thriller chronicles the sinister events that happen to two boys in Britain following the 1968 Prague Spring uprising. Adapting David Line's best seller "Run for Your Life", "Soldier and Me" won the BAFTA award for Best Children's Drama. The story's main protagonists are two schoolboys. Richard Willis plays the youngest of them, Pavel Szolda (Soldier), a bespectacled Czech refugee in short trousers in a tough inner city comprehensive school, and Gerry Sundquist plays Jim Woolcott, the older, bigger, tougher, streetwise youth who sticks..."

📖 Synopsis

Two teenage boys witness the murder of an old man, only for the old man to turn up alive after the boys notify the police.