Death of a Soldier is a 1986 Australian historical crime drama film directed by Philippe Mora and starring James Coburn, Bill Hunter and Reb Brown. It dramatizes of the case of Eddie Leonski (Brown), an American soldier stationed in Australia who committed a string a serial killings in May 1942. The investigation and trial, which was conducted by U.S. military authorities instead of Australian civil ones, contributed to the development of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, but also inflamed Australian-American relations during the war.
Death of a Soldier (1986)
Directed by Philippe Mora
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Australia, Melbourne, Murder, World War Ii
Attributes
Subject: World War II
Alternate Titles
Death Of A Soldier
Death of a Soldier
AU, GB, US
Dein Lied - Dein Tod
DE
La muerte de un soldado
ES
Leonski
AU
Leonski: The Brown-Out Murders
AU
Mort d'un soldat
FR
Processo e Morte di un Soldato
IT
Sotilaan kuolema
FI
Sotilaan tuomio
FI
The Brown-out Murders
AU
The Leonski Incident
AU
War Story
AU
War Time Melbourne May 1942
DE
Wartime Melbourne May 1942
DE