The Virgin Soldiers

The Virgin Soldiers

95 mins | Drama, Comedy, War | Oct. 14, 1969

The core of the plot is the romantic triangle formed by the protagonist, a conscripted soldier named Private Brigg; a worldly professional soldier named Sergeant Driscoll, and Phillipa Raskin, the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major. The location is a British army base in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency.

The Virgin Soldiers

95 mins | Drama, Comedy, War | Oct. 14, 1969

The Virgin Soldiers
The core of the plot is the romantic triangle formed by the protagonist, a conscripted soldier named Private Brigg; a worldly professional soldier named Sergeant Driscoll, and Phillipa Raskin, the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major. The location is a British army base in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Columbia Pictures, Open Road Films, Highroad Productions
Original title The Virgin Soldiers
Directors John Dexter
Writers Leslie Thomas, John McGrath, Ian La Frenais, John Hopkins

Cast

Hywel Bennett

as Brigg

Lynn Redgrave

as Phillipa Raskin

Nigel Davenport

as Sgt Driscoll

Jack Shepherd

as Sgt Wellbeloved

Nigel Patrick

as RSM Raskin

Rachel Kempson

as Mrs Raskin

Michael Gwynn

as Lt 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

Wayne Sleep

as Villiers

Gregory Phillips

as Foster

Riggs O'Hara

as Sinclair

Peter Kelly

as Sandy Jacobs

Mark Nicholl

as Cutler

Alan Shatsman

as Longley

Jonty Miller

as Forsyth

James Cosmo

as Waller

Matthew Guinness

as Maj Cusper

Robert Bridges

as Sergeant Fred Organ

Jolyon Jackley

as Lance Cpl. 'Gravy' Browning

Dudley Jones

as Doctor

Brenda Bruce

as Nursing Sister

Roger Lloyd Pack

as Bandmaster

Barbara Keogh

as WRAC

David Bowie

as Soldier

Warren Clarke

as Soldier

James Marcus

as Soldier

Jeremy Roughton

as Soldier

Naranjan Singh

as Sikh

Hallelujah

as F Yew