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The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
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18 September 1970 (Sweden) morePlot:
A group of young British soldiers live locked up in Singapur of the year 1950 dreaming about winning... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Lynn Redgrave | ... | Phillipa Raskin |
 | Hywel Bennett | ... | Pvt. Brigg |
| Nigel Davenport | ... | Sgt. Driscoll |
| Nigel Patrick | ... | R.S.M. Raskin |
| Rachel Kempson | ... | Mrs. Raskin |
| Jack Shepherd | ... | Sgt. Wellbeloved |
| Michael Gwynn | ... | Bromley-Pickering |
| Tsai Chin | ... | Juicy Lucy |
| Christopher Timothy | ... | Cpl. Brook |
| Don Hawkins | ... | Tasker |
| Geoffrey Hughes | ... | Lantry |
| Roy Holder | ... | Fenwick |
| Riggs O'Hara | ... | Sinclair |
| Gregory Phillips | ... | Foster |
| Wayne Sleep | ... | Villiers |
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I saw this film on late-night TV in the 1970's, a few years after doing a tour in Vietnam as a 20-year-old GI in the US Army. Even though it's a different time and a different war, I really thought "The Virgin Soldiers" captured a lot of the feeling of a young, western soldier serving in a confusing, brutal, sometimes even humorous Asian war zone. One of the most realistic things was, these guys were young, like most soldiers in most wars, kind of scared, and having to face the reality of shooting the guy in the other uniform before he shoots you. And I definitely recognized a fair number of the characters, especially the sergeants. War movies often stereotype or simplify the NCO's. In reality, and in this movie, some of them are bullies, some are flat-out cowards, and some are competent, quietly heroic people who do their best to keep their troops alive in the combat zone. War is not a good thing, but how people cope (or don't cope) with it will always be a fascinating topic. I highly recommend this film...wish it was on tape or DVD.