The Virgin Soldiers
The Virgin Soldiers

The Virgin Soldiers

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1969
1h 35m
6.5(13 votes)
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.

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Columbia Pictures
Open Road Films

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Cast & Crew

35 members
Acting

Hywel Bennett

Brigg

Hywel Bennett
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Lynn Redgrave

Phillipa Raskin

Lynn Redgrave
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Nigel Davenport

Sgt Driscoll

Nigel Davenport
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Jack Shepherd

Sgt Wellbeloved

Jack Shepherd
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Nigel Patrick

RSM Raskin

Nigel Patrick
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Rachel Kempson

Mrs Raskin

Rachel Kempson
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Michael Gwynn

Lt Col Bromley-Pickering

Michael Gwynn
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Tsai Chin

Juicy Lucy

Tsai Chin
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Christopher Timothy

Cpl Brook

Christopher Timothy
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Don Hawkins

Tasker

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Geoffrey Hughes

Lantry

Geoffrey Hughes
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Roy Holder

Fenwick

Roy Holder
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Wayne Sleep

Villiers

Wayne Sleep
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Gregory Phillips

Foster

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Riggs O'Hara

Sinclair

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Peter Kelly

Sandy Jacobs

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Mark Nicholl

Cutler

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Alan Shatsman

Longley

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Jonty Miller

Forsyth

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James Cosmo

Waller

James Cosmo
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Matthew Guinness

Maj Cusper

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Robert Bridges

Sergeant Fred Organ

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Jolyon Jackley

Lance Cpl. 'Gravy' Browning

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Graham Crowden

MO

Graham Crowden
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Dudley Jones

Doctor

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Brenda Bruce

Nursing Sister

Brenda Bruce
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Roger Lloyd Pack

Bandmaster

Roger Lloyd Pack
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Barbara Keogh

WRAC

Barbara Keogh
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David Bowie

Soldier

David Bowie
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Warren Clarke

Soldier

Warren Clarke
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James Marcus

Soldier

James Marcus
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Jeremy Roughton

Soldier

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Naranjan Singh

Sikh

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Hallelujah

F Yew

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Jill Goldston

Youn Female Officer (uncredited)

Jill Goldston

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