Death of a Soldier

The obscenity of war. The brutality of murder. The travesty of justice.

5/16/19861h 33min2.8/10(6 TMDB votes)

DramaHistoryWarCrime

Directed by Philippe Mora

Plot

Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the uneasy US-Australian military alliance. The accused killer claims to have killed 3 women in order to possess their voices. Despite the defense lawyer's concerns that the killer is not fit to stand trial, the US military presses forward with the case and its desire to have the killer executed in order to strengthen the shaky alliance.