The Virgin Soldiers

Overview

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.

Cast

Hywel Bennett

Brigg

Lynn Redgrave

Phillipa Raskin

Nigel Davenport

Sgt Driscoll

Jack Shepherd

Sgt Wellbeloved

Nigel Patrick

RSM Raskin

Rachel Kempson

Mrs Raskin

Michael Gwynn

Lt Col Bromley-Pickering

Tsai Chin

Juicy Lucy

Christopher Timothy

Cpl Brook

N/A

Don Hawkins

Tasker

Geoffrey Hughes

Lantry

Roy Holder

Fenwick