Death of a Soldier (1986)
Overview : Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the uneasy US-Australian military alliance. The accused killer claims to have killed 3 women in order to possess their voices. Despite the defense lawyer's concerns that the killer is not fit to stand trial, the US military presses forward with the case and its desire to have the killer executed in order to strengthen the shaky alliance.
Release Date : May 16, 1986
Runtime : 93m
Genre : Drama, History, War, Crime
Companies : Suatu Film Management LTD.
Countries : Australia
Keywords : australia, general, world war ii, military court, based on true story, colonel, trial, major, murder, melbourne, australia, serial killer, sergeant, capital punishment, soldier, true crime, prosecutor, diplomacy, legal drama