Synopsis
The core of the plot is the romantic triangle formed by the protagonist, a conscripted soldier named Private Brigg, a worldly professional soldier named Sergeant Driscoll, and Phillipa Raskin, the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major. The location is a British army base in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Ian La FrenaisWriter
- John HopkinsWriter
- John DexterDirector
- John McGrathWriter
- Peter GreenwellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Hywel BennettBrigg
- Lynn RedgravePhillipa Raskin
- Nigel DavenportSgt Driscoll
- Jack ShepherdSgt Wellbeloved
- Nigel PatrickRSM Raskin
- Rachel KempsonMrs Raskin
- Michael GwynnLt Col Bromley-Pickering
- Tsai ChinJuicy Lucy
- Christopher TimothyCpl Brook
- Don HawkinsTasker
- Geoffrey HughesLantry
- Roy HolderFenwick