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The Virgin Soldiers

The Virgin Soldiers

★ 6.8/10•1969•1h 35m•R•War•Comedy•Drama

Sooner or later, they're going to get it

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.

Ian La Frenais · Writer

John Hopkins · Writer

John Dexter · Director

John McGrath · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 35m
LanguageEN
Release DateOct 14, 1969

Actors

Hywel Bennett

Hywel Bennett

Brigg

Lynn Redgrave

Lynn Redgrave

Phillipa Raskin

Nigel Davenport

Nigel Davenport

Sgt Driscoll

Jack Shepherd

Jack Shepherd

Sgt Wellbeloved

Nigel Patrick

Nigel Patrick

RSM Raskin

Rachel Kempson

Rachel Kempson

Mrs Raskin

Michael Gwynn

Michael Gwynn

Lt Col Bromley-Pickering

Tsai Chin

Tsai Chin

Juicy Lucy

Christopher Timothy

Christopher Timothy

Cpl Brook

Don Hawkins

Tasker

Geoffrey Hughes

Geoffrey Hughes

Lantry

Roy Holder

Roy Holder

Fenwick

Wayne Sleep

Wayne Sleep

Villiers

Gregory Phillips

Foster

Riggs O'Hara

Sinclair

Peter Kelly

Sandy Jacobs

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