---
title: 'King & Country (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joseph Losey'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/king-country-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058263/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# King & Country (1964)

1964 · 86 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

King and Country is a 1964 British anti-war film directed and produced by Joseph Losey, and starring Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtenay and Leo McKern. It was adapted by Evan Jones from John Wilson's 1964 stage play Hamp, in turn based on a segment of the James Lansdale Hodson's 1955 autobiographical novel Return to the Wood. Set during on the Western Front during the First World War, it centres on the court martial of an army private (Courtenay) accused of desertion.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joseph Losey](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-losey)
- **Producer:** [Joseph Losey](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-losey)
- **Screenplay:** [Evan Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/evan-jones)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Larry Adler](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-adler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Denys Coop](https://cinepixo.com/people/denys-coop)
- **Editor:** [Reginald Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-mills)

## Cast

- [Tom Courtenay](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-courtenay)
- [Dirk Bogarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/dirk-bogarde)
- [Leo McKern](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-mckern)
- [Barry Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-foster)
- [James Villiers](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-villiers)
- [Peter Copley](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-copley)

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