Sword of Honour (miniseries)

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Sword of Honour
Genre mini-series
Directed by Pino Amenta
Catherine Millar
Starring Andrew Clarke
Tracy Mann
Alan Fletcher
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes4
Production
Running time4 x 2 hours
Production companiesSimpson Le Mesurier Films
Veneficus Films
Original release
Network Seven Network
Release20 October 1986 (1986-10-20) 
1986 (1986)

Sword of Honour is an Australian miniseries made in 1986 and aired on Channel Seven. Four 100-minute episodes were made. The series starred Andrew Clarke, Tracy Mann and Alan Fletcher. [1]

Contents

The series was about two young men who are trying to get over the horrors of the Vietnam War. Andrew Clarke won best actor in a miniseries, and Tracy Mann won best actress in a miniseries in the Logies.

It had a budget of A$5 million. Principal photography was completed on 18 October 1985 with second unit shot after that in Port Macquarie and Thailand. [2]

Cast

Home media

Sword of Honour was released on DVD and Online by Umbrella Entertainment in March 2012. The DVD is compatible with region 4. [3]

FormatTitleEp #DiscsRegion 4 (Australia)Bonus Features
DVDSword of Honour43March 2012N/A
OnlineSword of Honour42 August 2017None

References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p238
  2. "Production round-up", Cinema Papers, November 1985 p48
  3. "Umbrella Entertainment" . Retrieved 5 August 2013.