Private Potter

Private Potter
Directed by	Casper Wrede
Produced by	Ben Arbeid
Written by	Casper Wrede, Ronald Harwood
Starring	Tom Courtenay Mogens Wieth Ronald Fraser James Maxwell Frank Finlay
Music by	George Hall
Cinematography	Arthur Lavis
Editing by	John Pomeroy
Release date(s)	1962
Running time	89 min.
Language	English

Private Potter is a 1962 British drama film directed by Caspar Wrede and starring Tom Courtenay, Mogens Wieth, Ronald Fraser, and James Maxwell.

Plot

The eponymous Private Potter is a soldier who claims that the reason he cried out leading to the death of a comrade was that he saw a vision of God. There is then a debate over whether he should be court-martialled.

Production

The screenplay was written by Ronald Harwood for a television play that was broadcast on ITV in 1961 as an ITV Television Playhouse production and featured the same main cast. Finnish-born director Caspar Wrede first spotted Tom Courtenay while he was still at RADA and the leading role of the fragile young soldier who wilts under pressure was his first film appearance.

Cast

• Tom Courtenay as Private Potter
• Mogens Wieth as Yannis
• Ronald Fraser as Doctor
• James Maxwell as Lieutenant Colonel Harry Gunyon
• Ralph Michael as Padre
• Brewster Mason as Brigadier
• Eric Thompson as Captain John Knowles
• John Graham as Major Sims
• Frank Finlay as Captain Patterson
• Harry Landis as Lance Corporal Lamb
• Michael Coles as Private Robertson
• Jeremy Geidt as Major Reid
• Fulton Mackay as Soldier

External links

• Private Potter at the Internet Movie Database

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