The Virgin Soldiers
Year:
1969
Production Country:
Great Britain
Deals with a group of misfit soldiers of a British garrison near Singapore during the guerilla uprisings of the early 1950s.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Phillipa Raskin Lynn Redgrave
- Private Brigg Hywel Bennett
- Sergeant Driscoll Nigel Davenport
- Mrs Raskin Rachel Kempson
- Sergeant Wellbeloved Jack Shepherd
- Juicy Lucy Ts'ai Chin
- Lt-Col. Bromley-Pickering Michael Gwynn
- Cpl. Brook Christopher Timothy
- Sergeant Fred Organ Robert Bridges
- Waller James Cosmo
- Tasker Don Hawkins
- Fenwick Roy Holder
- Lantry Geoffrey Hughes
- L.-Cpl. "Gravy" Browning Jolyon Jackley
- Sandy Jacobs Peter Kelly
- Cutler Mark Nicholl
- Foster Gregory Phillips
- Longley Alan Shatsman
- Villiers Wayne Sleep
- R.S.M. Raskin Nigel Patrick
- Sinclair Riggs O'hara
- Forsyth Jonty Miller
- Medical Officer Graham Crowden
- Doctor Dudley Jones
- Major Cusper Matthew Guinness
- Sikh Narajan Singh
- "Hallelujah" F. Yew
- soldier in bar David Bowie
Credits
Direction
- Directed by John Dexter
- Assistant Director Claude Watson
- Continuity Kay Rawlings
Rights
Production
- Production Company Open Road Films
- Production Company Highroad Productions
- Presents Columbia Pictures
- Presents Carl Foreman
- Executive Producer Carl Foreman
- Produced by Leslie Gilliat
- Produced by Ned Sherrin
- Production Manager Eddie Pike
- Production Manager Derek Parr
- Location Manager Ray Corbett
- Completed at Shepperton Studios
Writing
- Screenplay by John Hopkins
- Adapted by John Mcgrath
- Additional Dialogue by Ian La Frenais
- From the novel by Leslie Thomas
Photography
- Photographed by Ken Higgins
- Camera Operator Alan Hall
- Supervising Electrician Roy Larner
Editing
- Editor Thelma Connell
Design
- Art Director Frank White
Costumes
- Wardrobe Jean Fairlie
- Wardrobe Charles Guerin
Make-up
- Make-up Phil Leakey
- Hairdresser Gladys Leakey
Music
- Music Composed and Conducted by Peter Greenwell
- 'Virgin Soldiers March' Composed by Raymond Douglas Davies
Sound
- Sound Recordist Brian Marshall
- Sound Recordist Nolan Roberts
- Sound Editor Roy Hyde
- Sound System RCA Sound System