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Apr 16, 1970 · The Virgin Soldiers: Directed by John Dexter. With Lynn Redgrave, Hywel Bennett, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Patrick. A group of young British soldiers billeted in Singapore of the year 1950 dreaming about winning the love of the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major.
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- Comedy, Drama, War
- John Dexter
- 1970-04-16
The Virgin Soldiers (1969) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Stationed deep in the Singapore jungle on a British military base, Pvt. Brigg (Hywel Bennett) is hopelessly in love with Phillipa (Lynn Redgrave), daughter of the base's commanding sergeant.
- Matt Brunson
- R
- John Dexter
The Virgin Soldiers is a 1966 comic novel by Leslie Thomas, inspired by his own experiences of National Service in the British Army. It was Thomas' debut novel ; he had previously published an autobiography.
- Leslie Thomas
- 1966
Overview. 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.
Mother and daughter, Rachel Kempson and Lynn Redgrave, play mother and daughter in Virgin Soldiers, a tale about a group of young British soldiers in Malaysia doing their national service at the time of the Communist rebellion there.
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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.
