Soldiers Three (1951)

Director:

Tay Garnett

Writers:

Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Rudyard Kipling (novel),

Stars:

Stewart Granger, Walter Pidgeon, David Niven

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Stewart Granger	...	Pvt. Archibald Ackroyd
Walter Pidgeon	...	Col. Brunswick
David Niven	...	Capt. Pindenny
Robert Newton	...	Pvt. Bill Sykes
Cyril Cusack	...	Pvt. Dennis Malloy
Greta Gynt	...	Crenshaw
Frank Allenby	...	Col. Groat
Robert Coote	...	Maj. Mercer
Dan O'Herlihy	...	Sgt.Murphy
Michael Ansara	...	Manik Rao
Richard Hale	...	Govind-Lal
Patrick Whyte	...	Major
Movita	...	Cabaret woman (as Movita Castenada)
Harry Lang	...	Shopkeepeer

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

india | military camp | based on novel

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Taglines:

Adventure, Escapades, High-Jinx, Romance!

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

April 1951 (USA)

Also Known As:

Drei auf Abenteuer

Filming Locations:

Bryce Canyon National Park, Bryce, Utah, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Col. Brunswick: I've heard it all Pindenny. I've heard it ten times, and it's no use. It always ends up the same way - you turn up with the patrol in lady's pink silk underwear!

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Connections

Featured in The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951)

User Reviews

Okay military comedy set in India.

Soldiers Three is a harmless comedy about three british soldiers serving in India (played by Stewart Granger, Robert Newton and Cyril Cusack). The three are great friends after spending 18 years in the army together. Now the colonel (Walter Pidgeon) has had enough of the unruly fellow, and wants to separate them by making one of them (Granger) a sergeant. Of course, sergeants and soldiers cant get along with each other so Granger tries to get degraded to a soldier again...

Gargantuan thrill ride it ain't, you might think. Indeed its nothing special or exciting. Its merely a standard Hollywood studio film of its day, but of course, the standard Hollywood films in 1951 were much more enjoyable than now 50 years later. (at least in my opinion) So this might be worth your time on a lazy tuesday afternoon (If you are not working), just to see a few likable actors like Stewart Granger and David Niven (playing a british officer, a role he fits more than well)