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Seemed to be a distinct absence of cash slopping round in this production, but that's how it is with a tv film. I spent some time with soldiers in Northern Ireland in th 1970s and was not all that convinced by the squaddies in this film They were older, bigger and far less disciplined than the younger, thinner and anxious to obey orders Greenjackets I met. Nevertheless, this is a very worthwhile film which helps explain how the army managed to go from being welcomed by the Catholic community when they arrived, to being hated as an army of occupation.

It is hard, perhaps even impossible, to say anything good about this film. The plot is poor little rich playboy has lost the will to live. Who cares? Making a film in black and white when you have nothing to say, is a great waste of silver.