The Virgin Soldiers (1969)

6.8/10 • 95 min • War Comedy Drama

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. The location is a British army base in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency.

Cast

Hywel Bennett

Lynn Redgrave

Phillipa Raskin

Nigel Davenport

Jack Shepherd

Sgt Wellbeloved

Nigel Patrick

Rachel Kempson

Michael Gwynn

Lt Col Bromley-Pickering

Tsai Chin

Christopher Timothy

Geoffrey Hughes

Roy Holder

Wayne Sleep

Villiers

James Cosmo

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