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Lay Down Your Arms

1970 1 hour 13 minutes
65/100

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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.

Released

23rd May 1970

56 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 13 minutes

Finishes at 9:53pm

Ratings and awards

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    7/10

  • TMDb Logo

    60%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    65%

Directed by

Christopher Morahan

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Written by

Dennis Potter

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