scary soldiers

[captainhaddock]

a tv play not a film early to mid 70s where a soldier has nightmares after serving in NI and keeps seeing somebody in a hospital bed who goes from being very ill to just being a skellington in pyjamas

had me very frightened as a small boy

[cornershop15]

Thriller: In the Steps of a Dead Man (1974)?

More here

No, sorry. I've just scanned the DVD and it's a cardboard cut out John Nolan sees. I'm also reminded of a play with Daniel Massey. I think he was a soldier in Northern Ireland. Probably wrong again!

[Rowdon]

I remember a play called "The Paradise Run" about a soldier in NI having a breakdown; I don't remember a skeleton, but it was a very downbeat play, so there may have been a shock bit in it. Just thought I'd mention it. It's on imdb...

"Plays for Britain" The Paradise Run (TV episode 1976) - IMDb

[captainhaddock]

my recollections of it are vague but i'm sure there was nightmare sequences where a nurse was pushing a bed with a very ill looking soldier in it and in one scene i'm sure he was a skeleton .

i probably darted for the back of the sofa at that moment

[captainhaddock]

thanks cornershop but it wasnt the play from the thriller series
thats a good episode though ! ive got the box set myself