Privates on Parade

The members of Song And Dance Unit South East Asia fall in and out of love while trying to dodge Malayan Communist bullets in the late 1940s.

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Information

Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Rating: 15
Directed By: Michael Blakemore
Written By: Peter Nichols
Released: 1983
Runtime: 107 minutes

Cast

John Cleese as Major Giles Flack
Denis Quilley as Captain Terri Dennis
Nicola Pagett as Slyvia Morgan
Patrick Pearson as Sgt. Steven Flowers
Michael Elphick as Sgt. Maj. Reg Drummond
David Bamber as Sgt. Charles Bishop

Plot

A fey British army captain (Denis Quilley) recruits fellows for drag song-and-dance shows in post-World War II Singapore.

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