Sword of Honour
02/01/1967
Sword of Honour is a three-part miniseries produced as part of the anthology Theatre 625, and broadcast on BBC2, based on Evelyn Waugh's 1952–61 novels of the same name. It stars Edward Woodward as 35-year-old Englishman Guy Crouchback, who returns home from Italy at the start of WWII, determined to fight the good fight. Horrified by Nazi barbarism and emotionally shattered by a painful divorce, Crouchback eagerly accepts a post with the elite Royal Corps of Halberdiers.
Drama
War & Politics
TV Show Information
Edward Woodward
as Guy Crouchback
Vivian Pickles
as Virginia
Trader Faulkner
as Tommy Backhouse
Kenneth Fortescue
as Frank de Souza
James Villiers
as Ian Kilbannock
Donald Layne-Smith
as Mr Crouchback
