King & Country is a 1964 English-language Drama War movie written by Evan Jones and Based On The Play Hamp By James Lansdale Hodson. The movie is directed by Joseph Losey and produced by Joseph Losey and Norman Priggen under the banner of BHE Films in collaboration with Landau/Unger. During World War I, the British troops are entrenched at Passchendaele, Belgium. Amongst the volunteers, there is a young British soldier, Private Arthur James Hamp (Sir Tom Courtenay), who is the sole survivor of his original company. Hamp spent three years in the trenches, and this makes him a veteran. He has never been accused of cowardice, but one day, he simply decides to leave the war behind him and walk all the way home to Britain. In Calais, France, he is challenged by a Military Police patrol, who promptly arrests him for leaving without permission. Hamp's commanding officers decide to convene a court-martial and charge him with desertion. If found guilty, Hamp could be shot by a firing squad. Captain Hargreaves (Sir Dirk Bogarde) is assigned to be Hamp's defending attorney, but he ms skeptical about the deserter's chances of acquittal. During their first talk, Captain Hargreaves is impressed by his client's utter sincerity and naivete. He learns that his client volunteered on a dare by his friends back home, spent three years in the front-line trenches, remained sole survivor of his company, and that he decided to leave the war and return home. When Hargreaves asks Hamp why he decided to leave the war, Hamp simply says that he got tired of watching his comrades die, and that the noises of war made him sick. On top of that, Hamp argued he received news from home about his wife's unfaithfulness. All of these reasons made him want to leave the war behind and return home to England. Captain Hargreaves remains unsympathetic. The military doctor's report indicated that deserter Hamp does not suffer from shell-shock and Captain Hargreaves accepts that fact. However, suspecting that his client's case is a complex and peculiar case, Captain Hargreaves believes that Hamp is not responsible for his actions. He prepares the best he can for the upcoming court-martial. Written by nufs68. King & country features Dirk Bogarde in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Tom Courtenay, Leo Mckern, Barry Foster, Peter Copley, James Villiers and Jeremy Spenser. The music was composed by Larry Adler. Cinematography was done by Denys Coop and editing by Reginald Mills. The movie has a running time of 88 min. It was released on 6th January 1965. King & Country was made on a budget of £0 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Warner-Path.