Private Potter

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Private Potter

1962

1h 29m

5.3(3 votes)

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War

Overview

A military mission is interrupted when a British soldier claims that God had appeared to him in a transcendental vision.

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10 members

Acting

Tom Courtenay

Pvt. Potter

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Ronald Fraser

Doctor

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James Maxwell

Lt. Col. Harry Gunyon

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Frank Finlay

Capt. Patterson

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Michael Coles

Pvt. Robertson

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Mogens Wieth

Yannis

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Ralph Michael

Padre

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Brewster Mason

Brigadier

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Harry Landis

LCpl. Lamb

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Fulton Mackay

Soldier

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