Who wrote the 1966 comic novel ‘The Virgin Soldiers’?
The Virgin Soldiers brief shot in the finished movie, being pushed out from behind a bar. A sequel, "Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers", followed in 1977 with Nigel Davenport repeating his role as Sgt Driscoll. The Virgin Soldiers The Virgin Soldiers is a 1966 comic novel by Leslie Thomas, inspired by his own experiences of National Service in the British Army. It was Thomas' debut novel; he had previously published an autobiography. "The Virgin Soldiers" sold millions of copies during the author´s lifetime. The core of the plot is the romantic triangle formed by the protagonist, a conscript soldier named Private Brigg; a worldly
The Virgin Soldiers hand. One may compare the British-made "Virgin Soldiers" serving out their two years of National Service in Malaya, with the American-made "MASH" portraying US soldiers serving out their two years of the draft in Korea in the same period. There is a stark difference in the style of humour. The novel was turned into a film in 1969, directed by John Dexter, with a screenplay by the British screenwriter John Hopkins. It starred Hywel Bennett, John Scott, Nigel Patrick and Lynn Redgrave. David Bowie cut his hair short to audition for a role but can only be seen in a