The Virgin Soldiers

The Virgin Soldiers is a 1969 British war comedy-drama film directed by John Dexter and starring Lynn Redgrave, Hywel Bennett, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Patrick and Rachel Kempson. It is set in 1950, during the Malayan Emergency, and is based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Leslie Thomas. The film's popularity spawned a 1977 sequel, Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers with Nigel Davenport repeating his role as Sgt Driscoll. Premise Private Brigg is a soldier sent to Singapore during the Malayan Emergency along with a squad of naïve new recruits. There he falls for Phillipa Raskin, the daughter of the regimental sergeant major. Cast Lynn Redgrave as Phillipa Raskin Hywel Bennett as Pte Brigg Nigel Davenport as Sgt Driscoll Nigel Patrick as R.S.M. Raskin Rachel Kempson as Mrs. Raskin Jack Shepherd as Sgt Wellbeloved Michael Gwynn as Col Bromley-Pickering Tsai Chin as Juicy Lucy Christopher Timothy as Cpl Brook Don Hawkins as Tasker Geoffrey Hughes as Lantry Roy Holder as Fenwick Riggs O'Hara as Sinclair Gregory Phillips as Foster Peter Kelly as Sandy Jacobs Mark Nicholl as Cutler Alan Shatsman as Longley Jonty Miller as Forsyth Jolyon Jackley as Cpl Gravy Browning Robert Bridges as Sgt Fred Organ James Cosmo as Waller Graham Crowden as Medical Officer Dudley Jones as Doctor Matthew Guinness as Major Cusper Naranjan Singh as Sikh F Yew as 'Hallelujah' Brenda Bruce as Nursing Sister (uncredited) Warren Clarke as Soldier (uncredited) Barbara Keogh as WRAC (uncredited) James Marcus as Soldier (uncredited) Jeremy Roughton as Soldier (uncredited)