The members of S.A.D.U.S.E.A. (Song and Dance Unit South East Asia) fall in and out of love while trying to dodge Malayan Communist bullets in the late 1940s. Not only that, they have to ...
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Patrick Pearson | ... | Sergeant Steven Flowers |
| Michael Elphick | ... | Sergeant Major Reg Drummond | |
| Joe Melia | ... | Sergeant Len Bonny | |
| John Standing | ... | Captain Sholto Savory | |
| Nicola Pagett | ... | Acting Lieutenant Sylvia Morgan | |
| Simon Jones | ... | Sergeant Eric Young-Love | |
| David Bamber | ... | Sergeant Charles Bishop | |
| Bruce Payne | ... | Flight Sergeant Kevin Cartwright | |
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Robin Langford | ... | Electrician |
| Denis Quilley | ... | Acting Captain Terri Dennis | |
| Neil Pearson | ... | Pianist | |
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Steve Dixon | ... | Drummer |
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Jasper Jacob | ... | Bass Player |
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Leonard Preston | ... | Trombonist |
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Peter Hutchinson | ... | Trumpet Player |
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The members of S.A.D.U.S.E.A. (Song and Dance Unit South East Asia) fall in and out of love while trying to dodge Malayan Communist bullets in the late 1940s. Not only that, they have to contend with Bible bashing Major Giles Flack (John Cleese), who creates far more danger than any of the jungle inhabitants. Only gay Acting Captain Terri Dennis (Denis Quilley) seems to be capable of coping with him, but even he isn't aware of the cowardly Sergeant Major Reg Drummond (Michael Elphick) selling arms to the natives. Written by Rhino <rhino@blueyonder.co.uk>
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Malaysia, 1947. Some fought. Some danced.Parents Guide:
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18 March 1983 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Angyalbőrben See more »Company Credits
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Music by Charles Williams
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Acting Captain Terri Dennis: [dressed as Carmen Miranda, singing] Come and spend a week-a / Down in Costa Rica! / Come and lose / Your heart in Veracruz! / Think how you would bragua / In lovely Nicaragua! / That's the way to chase away the blues! / Down in old Havana, / Everything's 'manana'! / No-one work and everybody play! / How could you resist a / Weekend with Batista / The Latin American way!See more »
Alternate Versions
An alternate TV version includes some additional musical bits such as "Mad About the Boy", sang by Dennis Quilley, in the same outfit as Marlene Dietrich in "The Blue Angel", after being refused access with his sailor of the evening to the Raffles Hotel. It also has a longer end sequence (before the dance on the parade deck) about "business as usual in Singapore". See more »Soundtracks
War in the Jungle(uncredited)
Music by Charles Williams
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A bad film. It can't seem to decide whether it wants to be a goofy comedy about flamboyantly gay showtune performers or a tragic and realistic war movie. Any attempts on its part to be both at the same time are unsuccessful, in my opinion.
Big fans of John Cleese might be tempted to watch this movie thinking that Cleese is enjoyable to watch whatever he's in, but he really has nothing to work with in this material. He plays it very straight (in more ways than one) and the filmmakers don't even manage to squeak much humor out of this contrast with the other members of the performing troupe.
Skip this film.