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The Last Grenade is a 1970 British war film directed by Gordon Flemyng and starring Stanley Baker and Alex Cord as two soldiers of fortune, formerly comrades, who now find themselves on opposite sides. The cast also includes Richard Attenborough, Honor Blackman, Rafer Johnson, John Thaw, Andrew Keir, and Julian Glover. It was the final feature film directed by Flemyng.

The Last Grenade
Original film poster
Directed by	Gordon Flemyng
Written by	James Mitchell Kenneth Ware
Based on	The Ordeal of Major Grigsby by John Sherlock
Produced by	Josef Shaftel Dimitri de Grunwald
Starring	Stanley Baker Alex Cord Honor Blackman
Cinematography	Alan Hume
Edited by	Ann Chegwidden
Music by	John Dankworth
Production company	Lockmore Productions
Distributed by	Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Release date	March 1970
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$5 million[1]

Synopsis

Beginning in the Congo, a group of mercenaries led by British Major Harry Grigsby are due to be picked up by helicopters after completing a mission. As they board the choppers they are fired on from the helicopters by another group of mercenaries led by American Kip Thompson, who has been hired to change sides.

Recovering in the United Kingdom, Grigsby is recruited by the British government to take out Thompson, who has been hired by Red China to stir up trouble in the New Territories between Hong Kong and Red China. As neither nation wants open warfare with the other, each side hires expendable mercenaries. Grigsby recruits his surviving old crew including Joe Jackson, Terry Mitchell, Gordon Mackenzie, and Andy Royal.

In addition to fighting Thompson, Grigsby finds time to seduce the wife, Katherine, of his liaison, a British General Charles Whiteley.

Cast

• Stanley Baker as Maj. Harry Grigsby
• Alex Cord as Kip Thompson
• Honor Blackman as Katherine Whiteley
• Richard Attenborough as Gen. Charles Whiteley
• Rafer Johnson as Joe Jackson
• Andrew Keir as Gordon Mackenzie
• Ray Brooks as Lt. David Coulson
• Julian Glover as Andy Royal
• John Thaw as Terry Mitchell
• Gerald Sim as Dr. Griffiths
• Philip Latham as Adams
• A. J. Brown as Governor
• Pamela Stanley as Governor's Lady
• Paul Dawkins as Commissioner Doyle
• Kenji Takaki as Te Ching

Production

It was one of a series of films produced by Dimitri de Grunwald, who called The Last Grenade's commercial prospects "safe-ish".[2] The film was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location in Spain and Hong Kong.[3] The sets were designed by the art director Anthony Pratt.

The film only uses names of the characters from John Sherlock's 1964 novel The Ordeal of Major Grigsby that was set in the Malayan Emergency in 1948. Sherlock co-wrote the original screenplay that was rewritten by James Mitchell. The working title of the film was Grigsby.[4]

References

External links

• The Last Grenade at BritMovie (archived)
• The Last Grenade at IMDb

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