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Guns at Batasi

Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Sir Richard Attenborough), on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat, must use his experience to defend those in his care.

Director

John Guillermin

Year

Genre

drama, history, war

Box Office

N/A

Production

20th Century Fox,George H. Brown Productions

Awards

Won 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 2 nominations total

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Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale

Richard Attenborough

Colonel Deal

Miss Barker-Wise

Private Wilkes

Karen Eriksson

Fletcher

Lieut. Boniface

Sgt. 'Dodger' Brown

Captain Abraham

Colour Sgt. Ben Parkin

Sgt. 'Muscles' Dunn

Sgt. 'Schoolie' Prideaux

Bernard Horsfall

Sgt. 'Aussie' Drake

Corporal Abou

Captain

Adjutant

Lieutenant

Richard Bidlake

Archibong Shaw

Russell

Minor Role

Thomas Baptiste

Minor Role

John Ashley Hamilton

Soldier

Minor Role

Minor Role

Benny Nightingale

Military Lorry driver

Frank Singuineau

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Col. Deal Fletcher Lt. Boniface Colour Sgt. Ben Parkin Karen Eriksson

♪ She'll be comin' round the mountain
when she comes ♪ - Guns at Batasi

♪ She'll be comin' round the mountain when she com...

She'll be comin' Can't you sing in tune - Guns at Batasi

She'll be comin' Can't you sing in tune

Here, Ben, you know
I was just thinkin'. - Guns at Batasi

Here, Ben, you know I was just thinkin'.

Blimey. He was exceeding
the speed limit. - Guns at Batasi

Blimey. He was exceeding the speed limit.

You say there's
reckless abuse of power! - Guns at Batasi

You say there's reckless abuse of power!

And to free ourselves.
To free ourselves from... - Guns at Batasi

And to free ourselves. To free ourselves from...

Sorry, gents,
no passengers allowed. - Guns at Batasi

Sorry, gents, no passengers allowed.

- Come on, lads. Let's be havin' ya.
- Good trip, Sergeant? - Guns at Batasi

- Come on, lads. Let's be havin' ya. - Good trip, ...

Remain there! - Guns at Batasi

But let me tell you this - Guns at Batasi

But let me tell you this

I've eaten camel dung my knees are brown - Guns at Batasi

I've eaten camel dung my knees are brown

Move! - Guns at Batasi

- Ah, get stuffed!
- Don't seem to like us very much. - Guns at Batasi

- Ah, get stuffed! - Don't seem to like us very much.

Now I want you all behaving like Little Lord Fauntleroy - Guns at Batasi

Now I want you all behaving like Little Lord Fauntleroy

I can always stomach a good soldier whatever his faults - Guns at Batasi

I can always stomach a good soldier whatever his faults

No one is allowed to leave
the confines of the mess. - Guns at Batasi

No one is allowed to leave the confines of the mess.

What do you think? - Guns at Batasi

What do you think?

- Sergeant Major, take these men
to the guard room.
- Sir! - Guns at Batasi

- Sergeant Major, take these men to the guard room. - Sir!

Everybody got a little
something in their glass? - Guns at Batasi

Everybody got a little something in their glass?

What's going on out there,
Sergeant Major? - Guns at Batasi

What's going on out there, Sergeant Major?

Yes, well, we mustn't let the talking
interfere with the eating, as they say. - Guns at Batasi

Yes, well, we mustn't let the talking interfere with th...

Mutiny Ben - Guns at Batasi

Come on then, get out of the way.
You've seen my face before. - Guns at Batasi

Come on then, get out of the way. You've seen my face b...

Hmm that was Corporal Ntimba - Guns at Batasi

Hmm that was Corporal Ntimba

Halt!
Who goes there? - Guns at Batasi

Halt! Who goes there?

Corporal Ntimba! - Guns at Batasi

Corporal Ntimba!

Quiet a minute. - Guns at Batasi

Quiet a minute.

Watch your back. - Guns at Batasi

Watch your back.

That what you are doing can only provoke more bloodshed - Guns at Batasi

That what you are doing can only provoke more bloodshed

Blame them Who put guns into their hands Who taught them to shoot You - Guns at Batasi

Blame them Who put guns into their hands Who taught them to...

- Russell.
- Colonel Deal. - Guns at Batasi

- Russell. - Colonel Deal.

Five years in jail and within six months of coming out - Guns at Batasi

Five years in jail and within six months of coming out

I've only got one C O sir that's Colonel Deal - Guns at Batasi

I've only got one C O sir that's Colonel Deal

You will collect
all the mess silver... - Guns at Batasi

You will collect all the mess silver...

Do you hear me? - Guns at Batasi

Do you hear me?

You're a a living gun They've turned you into a human rifle - Guns at Batasi

You're a a living gun They've turned you into a...

What are you huddling about there for like a brood of wet hens - Guns at Batasi

What are you huddling about there for like a brood of wet...

What the hell do you
think you're doing? - Guns at Batasi

What the hell do you think you're doing?

All right, Colonel.
Now get moving. - Guns at Batasi

All right, Colonel. Now get moving.

I suppose you realise this
is strictly against Queen's regulations. - Guns at Batasi

I suppose you realise this is strictly against Queen's ...

I'd better be
getting back in. - Guns at Batasi

I'd better be getting back in.

You crafty basket weaver. - Guns at Batasi

You crafty basket weaver.

- Schoolie.
- Huh? - Guns at Batasi

- Schoolie. - Huh?

You must forgive them. I gave orders
no one was to leave the mess. - Guns at Batasi

You must forgive them. I gave orders no one was to leave the...

But Boni I - Guns at Batasi

You will appreciate that it is I who give the orders and you who will obey - Guns at Batasi

You will appreciate that it is I who give the orders and you...

Squad, about face! - Guns at Batasi

Squad, about face!

I, Captain... - Guns at Batasi

Abraham... - Guns at Batasi

Declare that i... - Guns at Batasi

Declare that i...

Now, sir... - Guns at Batasi

I've signed for many things
in the army, Sergeant Major. - Guns at Batasi

I've signed for many things in the army, Sergeant Major...

Muscles, give him a hand! - Guns at Batasi

Muscles, give him a hand!

I thought for one nasty moment
he was gonna get off the hook. - Guns at Batasi

I thought for one nasty moment he was gonna get off the hook...

The ack-ack guns.
The Bofors. - Guns at Batasi

The ack-ack guns. The Bofors.

Ben. - Guns at Batasi

The queen, God bless her. - Guns at Batasi

The queen, God bless her.

The 36's are ready, sir. - Guns at Batasi

The 36's are ready, sir.

- Layout to the camp, sir.
- Good. Follow me, Wilkes. - Guns at Batasi

- Layout to the camp, sir. - Good. Follow me, Wilkes.

Will you stick a boomerang in that great Aussie cakehole of yours - Guns at Batasi

Will you stick a boomerang in that great Aussie cakehole of...

I wonder they didn't make you a sergeant - Guns at Batasi

I wonder they didn't make you a sergeant

- ♪ Glorious, victorious ♪
- Sing up! - Guns at Batasi

- ♪ Glorious, victorious ♪ - Sing up!

- They won't get in the top 10
with that little number.
- Quiet! - Guns at Batasi

- They won't get in the top 10 with that little number....

That'll teach me to go
peeping through keyholes. - Guns at Batasi

That'll teach me to go peeping through keyholes.

♪ Glory, glory hallelujah ♪ - Guns at Batasi

♪ Glory, glory hallelujah ♪

What do we do now, sir?
Charge? - Guns at Batasi

What do we do now, sir? Charge?

Get on! The guns are going off!
Get on! - Guns at Batasi

Get on! The guns are going off! Get on!

What in God's name... - Guns at Batasi

What in God's name...

- Wilkes.
- Sir? - Guns at Batasi

- Wilkes. - Sir?

Very well, sir.
I'll get my gear together. - Guns at Batasi

Very well, sir. I'll get my gear together.

Pour me a whisky,
will you please, Corporal Abou. - Guns at Batasi

Pour me a whisky, will you please, Corporal Abou.

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Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Sir Richard Attenborough), on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat, must use his experience to defend those in his care.

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Director: John Guillermin

Writer: Robert Holles, Leo Marks, Marshall Pugh

Production: 20th Century Fox,George H. Brown Productions

Genre: drama, history, war

Year: 1964

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 25 Sep 1964

Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 2 nominations total

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