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The Monocled Mutineer Part Two Before the Shambles (1986)

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Film details

Featuring

Paul McGann Timothy West Penelope Wilton
Director

Jim O'Brien
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1986
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Part two of four-part drama serial. June 1917, Parcy Toplis arrives at the Etaples training camp in northern France, where the soldiers are put through a brutal training regime, under the command of Brigadier General Thomson. There is a mutiny of the troops.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Percy Toplis
    
    Paul McGann
  - Thomson
    
    Timothy West
  - Lady Angela Forbes
    
    Penelope Wilton
  - Geordie
    
    Billy Fellows
  - Strachan
    
    Ron Donachie
  - Guiness
    
    Anthony Calf
  - Corporal Reeve
    
    Jonathan Mckenna
  - Wall Eye
    
    P.H. Moriarty
  - Lancashire lad
    
    Gary Bleasdale
  - Franny
    
    Jerome Flynn
  - Carrothead
    
    Julian Ronnie
  - Charles Strange
    
    Matthew Marsh
  - Gilzean
    
    Doyle, Pat
  - Captain Davies
    
    Robert Reynolds
  - General Asser
    
    David Allister
  - Aussie gas mask
    
    Geoff Morrell
  - Scots gas mask
    
    Louis Mellis
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Jim O'Brien
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    BBC
  - Producer
    
    Richard Broke
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Alan Bleasdale
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Andrew Dunn
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    John Stothart
  Design:
  - Designer
    
    Christopher Robilliard
  Costumes:
  - Costumes
    
    Charlotte Holdich
  Music:
  - Music
    
    George Fenton

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