Guns At Batasi (drama 1964) Richard Attenboroug... File

Confined to the sergeant's mess, a small group of British personnel must defend themselves against rebel forces.

Directed by John Guillermin and based on the novel The Siege of Battersea by Robert Holles, is a taut psychological drama exploring the "End-of-Empire" transition in post-colonial Africa. The Performance of a Lifetime Guns at Batasi (Drama 1964) Richard Attenboroug...

Richard Attenborough delivers a towering, career-defining performance as . An anachronistic, by-the-book martinet, Lauderdale is initially seen as a rigid comic figure whose subordinate NCOs mock his repetitive war stories. However, when a military coup erupts at a remote African outpost, his unwavering adherence to the "old virtues" of British military etiquette becomes the only shield against impending massacre. Confined to the sergeant's mess, a small group