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Soldier and Me

Soldier and Me

★ 8.5/10•1974•30m•PG•Action & Adventure•Mystery•Family
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Two schoolboys, Czech refugee Pavel 'Soldier' Szolda and local lad Jim Woolcott, get caught up in an international assassination plot after witnessing a crime, leading to a tense cat-and-mouse chase across Northern England.

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 15, 1974

Episodes

E130m

Conspiracy

Teenage Czech refugee Istvan Szolda (nicknamed 'Soldier') overhears an assassination plot. Distraught and disbelieved, Soldier persuades his only friend, local boy Jim Wilcott, to accompany him, late at night, to the execution site.

Sep 15, 1974

E230m

House of Secrets

The duo break into and hide as the henchmen and later, cripple arrive. They overhear an argument and the cripple is shot. They manage to escape and call the police but a further surprise awaits them that will change their lives forever

Sep 22, 1974

E330m

Alibi

Aware that the villains know where they live, Soldier and Jim are in fear for their lives. The police dismiss their story as a time-wasting hoax, and one of the henchman, known as Smiler, finds them, forcing the boys to make a desperate decision.

Sep 29, 1974

E430m

Jump

The boys go on the lam North hoping to reach refuge with a friend of Jim's. However, they're hotly pursued by Smiler and the rest of the gang and are forced to cut their plan short by jumping off their train in the middle of nowhere.

Oct 6, 1974

E530m

Cross Country

Lost, cold and hungry, Soldier and Jim shelter in an abandoned quarry where they find an OS map and try to navigate a route to safety. Meanwhile, the gang relentlessly pursue them to the point of exhaustion.

Oct 13, 1974

E630m

Alone

The gang have put the word out that the boys are borstal escapees. The ruse works when a farmer rings them after scaring the boys from his hayloft. Exhausted but with refuge within reach, Soldier and Jim are unaware how close the gang is.

Oct 20, 1974

E730m

Hunted

The boys make it to the refuge of their friend's farm, only to discover it's the wrong one. The owner takes pity and gives them some food but secretly he too has heard of the runaways and calls the gang.

Oct 27, 1974

E830m

Trapped

The boys are captured and taken to a secret location to await their fate where another shock is in store. Meanwhile, the farmer's wife starts having second thoughts about their identities.

Nov 3, 1974

E930m

No Escape

As the truth about the cripple and his connection to the gang is revealed and with no one knowing where they are, Soldier and Jim realise that their fate is doomed.

Nov 10, 1974

Actors

Richard Willis

Richard Willis

Istavan 'Soldier' Szolda

Gerry Sundquist

Gerry Sundquist

Jim Woolcott

Constantine Gregory

Constantine Gregory

Smiler

Richard Ireson

Richard Ireson

Greasy

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