Lay Down Your Arms

Lay Down Your Arms

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 23, 1970

Runtime

1h 13m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

User Score

60%

Original Title

Lay Down Your Arms

Production Companies

LWT, Kestrel Films

Director

Christopher Morahan

Description

Dennis Potter used his own background as a Russian language clerk in the War Office when writing this play for ITV's SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE series. At the time of the 1956 Suez Crisis and the Russian invasion of Hungary, Private Bob Hawk reports to the London Intelligence Office where the strength of Soviet troops is under scrutiny.