TV Show
Sword of Honour (1967)
Drama · War & Politics
Story
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.
Creator: Michael Bakewell Starring: Edward Woodward, Vivian Pickles, Trader Faulkner, Kenneth Fortescue
Sword of Honour Cast
- 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