Richard Warwick

Rome, AD 303. Emperor Diocletian demotes his favourite, Sebastian, from captain of the palace guard to the rank of common soldier and banishes him to a remote coastal outpost where his fellow soldiers, weakened by their desires, turn to homosexual activities to satisfy their needs. Sebastian becomes the target of lust for the officer Severus, but repeatedly rejects the man's advances. Castigated for his Christian faith, he is tortured, humiliated and ultimately killed.

Renowned filmmaker John Wilson (Clint Eastwood) travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually becomes obsessed with hunting down and killing one specific elephant.

Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange), in his film debut, is the nonchalant and serene Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson's dark classic. Palme d'Or winner at Cannes 1969.