Privates on Parade | |
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Directed by | Michael Blakemore |
Written by | Peter Nichols (play) |
Starring |
John Cleese David Bamber Denis Quilley Bruce Payne |
Music by | Denis King |
Cinematography | Ian Wilson |
Edited by | Jim Clark |
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Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
Release date
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18 March 1983 |
Running time
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100 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | under ₤2 million |
Privates on Parade is a 1982 film adaptation of the Peter Nichols play of the same name about a fictional – and mostly gay – military entertainment group, the "Song and Dance Unit, Southeast Asia" assembled to entertain the troops in the Malayan jungle during the Malayan Emergency.