The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
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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Cast
- 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
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