The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
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.
- Date of release
- 1969-10-14
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- War, Comedy, Drama
- Director
- John Dexter
- Collection
- Virgin Soldiers Collection
Casting
- Hywel Bennett — Brigg
- Lynn Redgrave — Phillipa Raskin
- Nigel Davenport — Sgt Driscoll
- Jack Shepherd — Sgt Wellbeloved
- Nigel Patrick — RSM Raskin
- Rachel Kempson — Mrs Raskin
- Michael Gwynn — Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
- Tsai Chin — Juicy Lucy
- Christopher Timothy — Cpl Brook
- Don Hawkins — Tasker
- Geoffrey Hughes — Lantry
- Roy Holder — Fenwick
Recommended
- King Rat 1965 · ★ 7.1
- Jacknife 1989 · ★ 6.4
- The Greatest Beer Run Ever 2022 · ★ 7.5
- The Yellow Birds 2018 · ★ 6.0
- Bat★21 1988 · ★ 6.3
- The Kill Team 2019 · ★ 6.5
- Field of Lost Shoes 2015 · ★ 6.1
- Outlaws - For Greater Glory 2012 · ★ 7.0
- Casualties of War 1989 · ★ 7.2
- Thank You for Your Service 2017 · ★ 6.6
- The Last Full Measure 2020 · ★ 7.3
- Defiance 2008 · ★ 6.8