Summary
Private Potter is a 1962 British drama film directed by Caspar Wrede and starring Tom Courtenay, Mogens Wieth, Ronald Fraser and James Maxwell.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Casper Wrede |
| Screenplay by | Ronald Harwood Casper Wrede |
| Produced by | Ben Arbeid |
| Starring | Tom Courtenay Mogens Wieth Ronald Fraser James Maxwell Frank Finlay |
| Cinematography | Arthur Lavis |
| Edited by | John Pomeroy |
| Music by | George Hall |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot edit
During the Cyprus Emergency (1955-1959), the eponymous Private Potter is a soldier who claims that the reason he cried out leading to the death of a comrade was that he saw a vision of God. There is then a debate over whether he should be court-martialled.
Cast edit
- Tom Courtenay as Private Potter
- Mogens Wieth as Yannis
- Ronald Fraser as Doctor
- James Maxwell as Lieutenant Colonel Harry Gunyon
- Ralph Michael as Padre
- Brewster Mason as Brigadier
- Eric Thompson as Captain John Knowles
- John Graham as Major Sims
- Frank Finlay as Captain Patterson
- Harry Landis as Lance Corporal Lamb
- Michael Coles as Private Robertson
- Jeremy Geidt as Major Reid
- Fulton Mackay as Soldier
Production edit
The screenplay was written by Ronald Harwood for a television play that was broadcast on ITV in 1961 featuring some of the same main cast, including Tom Courtenay, and Caspar Wrede again as director.[3] Finnish-born director Wrede first spotted Courtenay while he was still at RADA and the leading role of the fragile young soldier who wilts under pressure was his first film appearance.
References edit
- ^ "Private Potter (1962)". BFI. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Private Potter (1963) - Casper Wrede, Caspar Wrede | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
- ^ "Private Potter (1961)". BFI. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
External links edit
- Private Potter at IMDb
