A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.
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Title: For Queen & Country (1988)
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| Denzel Washington | ... | Reuben James | |
| Dorian Healy | ... | Tony aka Fish | |
| Sean Chapman | ... | Bob Harper | |
| Graham McTavish | ... | Lieutenant | |
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Geff Francis | ... | Lynford |
| Frank Harper | ... | Mickey | |
| Craig Fairbrass | ... | Challoner | |
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Michael Bray | ... | Bryant |
| George Baker | ... | Kilcoyne | |
| Bruce Payne | ... | Colin | |
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Stella Gonet | ... | Debbie |
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Colin Thomas | ... | Feargal |
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Tatiana Strauss | ... | French Girl #1 |
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Valérie Chassigneux | ... | French Girl #2 |
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Brian McDermott | ... | Harry |
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Reuben, having been discharged from the British military, returns to London after a tour of duty in Northern Ireland and the Falklands, where he was decorated as a war Hero. However, given his vocation to his country, he finds interviews for jobs surprisingly difficult to arrange, even though they were sorted out by his careers officers in the army. Within time, he realises his illustrious army record holds no sway in everyday life. Written by Anonymous
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class conflict | london england | sleeping on a couch | british citizenship | fight |Taglines:
He's older, he's wiser, but times have changed.Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
19 May 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Por la reina y la patria See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$62,771, 21 May 1989Gross USA:
$191,051Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$191,051Company Credits
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MonoColor:
Color (Rankcolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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British schoolboy Stephen Lawrence, whose high-profile murder at a bus stop in 1993 led to accusations of institutional racism in the Metropolitan Police, appeared as an extra in this film. See more »Connections
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The choice of Reuben James as the name of Denzel Washington's character is surely not a coincidence.
In 1804, during the Barbary Wars, US Sailor Reuben James, positioned himself between his captain, Stephen Decatur, and a pirate; taking the sword blows directed at Decatur.
In October, 1941, before the US entered WW2, the first USS Reuben James, a destroyer on convoy duty in the North Atlantic, positioned herself between an ammunition ship and the known location of a German U-Boat. Struck by a torpedo which ignited her magazine, the Reuben James sank in five minutes. Two thirds of her crew perished. Woody Guthrie wrote a song "The Sinking of the Reuben James".
Denzel Washington's character, Reuben James, likewise, positions himself in harm's way to protect others. ,