---
title: 'The Bofors Gun (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jack Gold'
released: '1968-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bofors-gun-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062746/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Bofors Gun (1968)

1968 · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Bofors Gun is a 1968 British drama film directed by Jack Gold and starring Nicol Williamson, David Warner, Ian Holm and John Thaw. It was written by John McGrath based on his 1966 play Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun. Set in 1954, during the British peacetime occupation of West Germany following the Second World War, it portrays the increasingly violent interaction between members of a squad of soldiers during a single night of guard duty.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jack Gold](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-gold)
- **Screenplay:** [John McGrath](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mcgrath)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Carl Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-davis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alan Hume](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hume)

## Cast

- [David Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-warner)
- [John Thaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-thaw)
- [Ian Holm](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-holm)
- [Barbara Jefford](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-jefford)
- [Richard O'Callaghan](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-o-callaghan)
- [Peter Vaughan](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-vaughan)
- [Barry Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-jackson)

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