Overview
Dennis Potter used his own background as a Russian language clerk in the War Office when writing this play for ITV's SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE series. At the time of the 1956 Suez Crisis and the Russian invasion of Hungary, Private Bob Hawk reports to the London Intelligence Office where the strength of Soviet troops is under scrutiny.
Cast
- Nikolas Simmonds as Private Hawk
- Leonard Trolley as Lt. Col. Bakeman
- Peter Cellier as Major Hissock
- John Warner as Major Wilson
- Graham Armitage as Major Timps
- Ken Wayne as Col. Feather
- James Cairncross as Julian
- Julia Jones as Mrs Hawk
- Joby Blanshard as Mr Hawk
- George Layton as Corporal May