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Deserter USA

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Deserter USA
Directed byLars Lambert
StarringBill Jones
John Ashley
Release date
  • 1969 (1969)
CountrySweden
LanguageEnglish
Budget$100,000[1]

Deserter USA is a 1969 Swedish film about Americans living in Sweden to avoid the draft.

It stars American John Ashley - not the actor by that name but an American who deserted and sought asylum in Sweden.[2][3][4]

The director Lars Lambert later went to jail for refusing the draft in Sweden.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "It's Not All Coming UP Roses for Deserters in Sweden", Reading Eagle - Nov 10, 1968 accessed 1 Jan 2014
  2. ^ Hoagland, Jim (20 March 1968). "Conscience of a Deserter: Hatred of War Drives GI Into Exile". The Washington Post. p. A1. ProQuest 143569545.
  3. ^ "THE DESERTER: Late Summer, 1967: Fort Jackson Later that summer: Fort Jackson January, 1968: Cincinnati, Ohio, postmark March, 1968: Stockholm, Sweden July 16, 1968: Stockholm LETTERS April, 1968: Stockholm October, 1968: Stockholm". The Washington Post. 3 February 1969. p. C1. ProQuest 147724225.
  4. ^ Wiegers, Mary (3 February 1969). "The Ashleys". The Washington Post. p. C1. ProQuest 147727689.
  5. ^ "Deserters Movie Seen in Sweden", Toledo Blade - Apr 17, 1969 accessed 1 Jan 2014
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