Cast & Crew

Directed by

John Dexter

Writing Credits

Leslie Thomas
(novel)
John Hopkins
(screenplay)
John McGrath
(adaptation)
Ian La Frenais
(additional dialogue)

Cast

Lynn Redgrave
Phillipa Raskin
Hywel Bennett
Private Brigg
Nigel Davenport
Sergeant Driscoll
Nigel Patrick
R.S.M. Raskin
Rachel Kempson
Mrs. Raskin
Jack Shepherd
Sergeant Wellbeloved
Michael Gwynn
Lt. Col. Bromley-Pickering
Tsai Chin
Juicy Lucy
Christopher Timothy
Cpl. Brook
Don Hawkins
'The Virgin Soldiers' - Tasker
Geoffrey Hughes
'The Virgin Soldiers' - Lantry
Roy Holder
'The Virgin Soldiers' - Fenwick
Riggs O'Hara
'The Virgin Soldiers' - Sinclair
Gregory Phillips
'The Virgin Soldiers' - Foster
Wayne Sleep
'The Virgin Soldiers' - Villiers
Peter Kelly
'The Virgin Soldiers' - Sandy Jacobs
Mark Nicholl
'The Virgin Soldiers' - Cutler
Alan Shatsman
'The Virgin Soldiers' - Longley
Jonty Miller
Forsyth
Jolyon Jackley
'The Virgin Soldiers' - Lance Cpl. 'Gravy' Browning
Robert Bridges
Sergeant Fred Organ
James Cosmo
Waller
Graham Crowden
Medical Officer
Dudley Jones
Doctor
Matthew Guinness
Major Cusper
F. Yew
'Hallelujah'
David Bowie
Soldier
Brenda Bruce
Nursing Sister
Rodney Cardiff
Soldier
Pauline Chamberlain
Woman at Dance
Warren Clarke
Soldier
Jill Goldston
Young Female Officer
Barbara Keogh
W.R.A.C.
Roy Lansford
NCO
Roger Lloyd Pack
Bandmaster
James Marcus
(uncredited)
Jack Ross
Lieutenant
Jeremy Roughton
Unnamed Soldier
Byron Sotiris
Soldier
Vincent Wong
Bus Passenger

Produced by

Carl Foreman
executive producer
Leslie Gilliat
producer
Ned Sherrin
producer

Music by

Peter Greenwell

Cinematography by

Kenneth Higgins
(as Ken Higgins) (photographed by)

Editing by

Thelma Connell

Casting By

Paul Lee Lander
(uncredited)

Art Direction by

Frank White

Costume Design by

Ruth Myers
(uncredited)

Makeup Department

Gladys Leakey
hairdresser
Philip Leakey
makeup artist
Betty Glasow
hairdresser (uncredited)

Production Management

Derek Parr
production manager
Eddie Pike
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Claude Watson
assistant director
Nicolas Hippisley-Coxe
second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Paul Huson
continuity sketches (uncredited)
Tony Noble
draughtsman (uncredited)
Richard Rambaut
assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department

Roy Hyde
sound editor
Brian Marshall
sound recordist
Nolan Roberts
sound recordist
Tony Dawe
adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Terry Schubert
special effects assistant (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Alan Hall
camera operator
Roy Larner
supervising electrician: Lee Electric {Lighting} Ltd / gaffer (uncredited)
Douglas F. O'Neons
focus puller (uncredited)
David Shillingford
clapper loader (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Jean Fairlie
wardrobe
Charles Guerin
wardrobe

Editorial Department

Stephen Hyde
additional editor
William Parnell
first assistant editor (uncredited)

Location Management

Ray Corbett
location manager

Music Department

Ray Davies
composer: "Virgin Soldiers March" (as Raymond Douglas Davies)
Peter Greenwell
conductor / music arranger
Gordon Langford
orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Kay Rawlings
continuity

Additional Crew

Carl Foreman
presenter
Penelope Pavey
production secretary (uncredited)
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