The Last Grenade
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Gordon Flemyng
Stanley Baker
Alex Cord
Honor Blackman
Richard Attenborough
Rafer Johnson
Film Details
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Synopsis
Maj. Harry Grigsby and his band of mercenaries are fighting in the Congo when they undergo a surprise attack launched by Kip Thompson, a former colleague who is now fighting for the opposition. Grigsby's troop suffers heavy casualties, and Grigsby is forced to return to London to recuperate. There he is contacted by a government official who proposes that Grigsby go to Hong Kong to resume his battle with Thompson, now employed by the Communist Chinese. Grigsby travels to Hong Kong, where his guerrilla command is again defeated by Thompson, and Grigsby is taken captive. Although he escapes, Grigsby is hospitalized with injuries. Katherine Whitely, the wife of Grigsby's Hong Kong liaison, visits him frequently and learns that he has tuberculosis; soon she realizes that they are falling in love with each other. They agree to begin an affair after she divorces her husband, but Katherine is killed in an automobile crash engineered by Thompson. With renewed fervor, Grigsby goes after his enemy. In the final battle, Grigsby is mortally wounded, but before he dies, he tosses a hand grenade that kills Thompson.
Director
Gordon Flemyng
Cast
Stanley Baker
Alex Cord
Honor Blackman
Richard Attenborough
Rafer Johnson
Andrew Keir
Ray Brooks
Julian Glover
John Thaw
Philip Latham
Neil Wilson
Gerald Sim
A. J. Brown
Pamela Stanley
Kenji Takaki
Paul Dawkins
Crew
Buster Ambler
Gordon Bond
Ron Carr
Ann Chegwidden
John Dankworth
Beatrice Dawson
Dimitri De Grunwald
Rene Dupont
Ellis/wright
David Harcourt
Michael Hopkins
Ernest Hosler
Alan Hume
James Mitchell
Pat Moore
Terence Morgan Ii
Roy Ponting
Tony Pratt
Wally Schneiderman
Josef Shaftel
John Sherlock
Len Shilton
Kenneth Ware
Anthony Waye
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Notes
Location scenes filmed in London, Hong Kong, and Spain. Opened in London in March 1970. The working title of this film is Grigsby.
