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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
Ian La Frenais. Writer. 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. (film) The Virgin Soldiers is a 1969 British war comedy-drama film directed by John Dexter and starring Lynn Redgrave, Hywel Bennett, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Patrick and Rachel Kempson. [1] It is set in 1950, during the Malayan Emergency, and is based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Leslie Thomas .
This situation comedy finds rookie soldiers of the British Army trying to cope with military life while stationed in Malaya. Brigg (Hywel Bennett) is a young clerk who falls for the local school teacher Phillipa (Lynn Redgrave), the daughter of Royal Sergeant Major Raskin (Nigel Patrick).
