The Execution of Private Slovik (1974) more movies like this

directed by Lamont Johnson
featuring Martin Sheen, Ned Beatty, Mariclare Costello, Gary Busey, Matt Clark

In 1945, private Eddie Slovik, a "born loser" who made no secret of his desire to escape the army in any way possible, became the first American to be executed for desertion since the Civil War. William Bradford Huie's chronicle of this unfortunate wartime episode, The Execution of Private Slovik, was published in 1954. Frank Sinatra optioned the ...

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