The Virgin Soldiers (film)
| The Virgin Soldiers | |
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British quad poster by John Stockle
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| Directed by | John Dexter |
| Produced by | Leslie Gilliat Nat Sherrin |
| Written by | John Hopkins John McGrath Ian La Frenais |
| Based on | novel by Leslie Thomas |
| Starring |
Lynn Redgrave Hywel Bennett Nigel Davenport Nigel Patrick Rachel Kempson |
| Music by | Peter Greenwell |
| Cinematography | Kenneth Higgins |
| Edited by | Thelma Connell |
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Production
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High Road Productions
Open Road Films |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release date
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15 October 1969 (UK) 5 February 1970 (US) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Virgin Soldiers is a 1969 film set in 1950, during the Malayan Emergency, and based on the novel by Leslie Thomas. The film led to a sequel, Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977).
Private Brigg is a National Serviceman sent to Singapore during the Malayan Emergency along with a squad of naive new recruits. There he falls for Phillipa Raskin, the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major.
A young and uncredited David Bowie appears briefly as a soldier escorted out from behind a bar.
The film was the 17th most popular movie at the UK box office in 1969.
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