Private's Progress
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The Armed Forces comedy which made the whole of Britain laugh. Fall in - and fall about - with a battalion of celebrated comedians all enlisted to teach innocent
Ian Carmichael some priceless army dodges. But when he unwittingly puts a gang of jewel thieves at ease instead of doing his duty, an even more hilarious arsenal
of side-splitting gags is recruited in the war effort.
Cast In Alphabetical Order
Brian Oulton as M.O. at Gravestone Camp
David King-Wood as Gerald
Dennis Price as Brig. Bertram Tracepurcel
Derrick De Marney as Pat
Henry Longhurst as Mr. Spottiswood
Ian Bannen as Private Horrocks
Ian Carmichael as Pte. Stanley Windrush
Jill Adams as Prudence Greenslade
John Le Mesurier as Psychiatrist
Michael Trubshawe as Col. Fanshawe
Miles Malleson as Mr. Windrush Snr.
Peter Jones as Arthur Egan
Richard Attenborough as Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
Ronald Adam as Doctor at Medical
Sally Miles as Catherine
Terry-Thomas as Major Hitchcock
Victor Maddern as Private George Blake
William Hartnell as Sgt. Sutton
Crew
Directed by John Boulting
Produced by Roy Boulting
Screenplay by John Boulting & Frank Harvey
Original Novel by Alan Hackney
Released 1956
Runtime 96 minutes.
