The Virgin Soldiers (film)
| The Virgin Soldiers | |
|---|---|
.jpg) British quad poster by John Stockle | |
| Directed by | John Dexter |
| Written by | John Hopkins John McGrath Ian La Frenais |
| Produced by | Leslie Gilliat Nat Sherrin |
| Starring | Lynn Redgrave Hywel Bennett Nigel Davenport Nigel Patrick Rachel Kempson |
| Cinematography | Kenneth Higgins |
| Edited by | Thelma Connell |
| Music by | Peter Greenwell |
Production companies | High Road Productions Open Road Films |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates | 15 October 1969 (UK) 5 February 1970 (US) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Virgin Soldiers is a 1969 film set in 1950, during the Malayan Emergency, and based on the novel by Leslie Thomas. The film led to a sequel, Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977).[1]
Plot
Private Brigg is a National Serviceman sent to Singapore during the Malayan Emergency along with a squad of naive new recruits. There he falls for Phillipa Raskin, the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major.
Cast
- Lynn Redgrave as Phillipa Raskin
- Hywel Bennett as Pte Brigg
- Nigel Davenport as Sgt Driscoll
- Nigel Patrick as R.S.M. Raskin
- Rachel Kempson as Mrs. Raskin
- Jack Shepherd as Sgt Wellbeloved
- Michael Gwynn as Col Bromley-Pickering
- Tsai Chin as Juicy Lucy
- Christopher Timothy as Cpl Brook
- Don Hawkins as Tasker
- Geoffrey Hughes as Lantry
- Roy Holder as Fenwick
- Riggs O'Hara as Sinclair
- Gregory Phillips as Foster
- Peter Kelly as Sandy Jacobs
- Mark Nicholl as Cutler
- Alan Shatsman as Longley
- Jonty Miller as Forsyth
- Jolyon Jackley as Cpl Gravy Browning
- Robert Bridges as Sgt Fred Organ
- James Cosmo as Waller
- Graham Crowden as Medical Officer
- Dudley Jones as Doctor
- Matthew Guinness as Major Cusper
- Naranjan Singh as Sikh
- F Yew as 'Hallelujah'
- Brenda Bruce as Nursing Sister (uncredited)
- Warren Clarke as Soldier (uncredited)
- Barbara Keogh as WRAC (uncredited)
- James Marcus as Soldier (uncredited)
- Jeremy Roughton as Soldier (uncredited)
A young and uncredited David Bowie appears briefly as a soldier escorted out from behind a bar.
Reception
The film was the 17th most popular movie at the UK box office in 1969.[2]
References
- ^ "Leslie Thomas - obituary", Telegraph, 7 May 2014 accessed 7 May 2014
- ^ "The World's Top Twenty Films." Sunday Times [London, England] 27 Sept. 1970: 27. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. accessed 5 Apr. 2014
External links
- The Virgin Soldiers at IMDb
- The Virgin Soldiers at TCMDB
- The Virgin Soldiers film review at New York Times
- The Virgin Soldiers film review at Variety
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