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6.2/10   159 votes
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Writers:
H.E. Bates (story)
Robin Chapman (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1972 (UK) more
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Plot:
Deserting soldier dresses as a woman to escape detection; liking the female role he goes to a dance with another soldier and is exposed. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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curious, but could have been better more (4 total)

Cast

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Glenda Jackson ... Alice

Oliver Reed ... Sergeant
Brian Deacon ... Barton
Anthony May ... Subaltern
Gavin Richards ... Stan
Jenny Lee Wright ... Christine
Kenneth Colley ... Provo Corporal
Daphne Heard ... Shopkeeper
Zelah Clarke ... First Girl
Colin Rix ... Compere
Ioan Meredith ... Guard
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Soldier in Skirts
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Runtime:
Brazil:97 min | UK:94 min | USA:90 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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6 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
curious, but could have been better, 10 August 2003
Author: didi-5 from United Kingdom

An unusual little feature which teams Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed with, making his debut, Brian Deacon.

Deacon plays an AWOL soldier who goes to Jackson for help and ends up posing as her visiting sister, a role he grows to identify with. Reed plays a sneery officer who becomes interested in the the 'sister'. Cue a rather convoluted plot which inevitably ends in tragedy.

Jackson is the best thing in this - a tired, lonely farmer looking for companionship and making tough decisions. But the film is - although fascinating - ultimately unsatisfying and seems to step back from the scenario it took such care to create just as it gets interesting.

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