It is set in South Africa during the sec Afrikaner War and Australian regular army lieutenant Harry “ledgeman” Morant (Edward VIII C. Vann Woodward), Simon Peter Handcock (William Jennings Bryan brownness) and Saint George Witton (Jerry Lee Lewis Fitz-Gerald) stand up accuse of the murder of six Afrikaner prisoner and the character assassination of a German missional. British Commander-in-Chief Godhead Herbert Kitchener is determine to see the men establish guilty, which he can use as a bargaining bit in an at hand peace conference with the Afrikaner. The movie is noteworthy for its geographic expedition of the Nurnberg defence, the political relation of the decease punishment, and the human cost of entire war. As the test unfolds, the event in inquiry are show in flashback.