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Lay Down Your Arms (1970)

6 | May 23, 1970 (GB) | Drama, TV Movie | 01:13

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.

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Nikolas Simmonds
Private Hawk
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Leonard Trolley
Lt. Col. Bakeman
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Peter Cellier
Major Hissock
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John Warner
Major Wilson
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Graham Armitage
Major Timps
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Ken Wayne
Col. Feather
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Julia Jones
Mrs Hawk
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George Layton
Corporal May

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