Caine's first film role was as one of the privates in George Baker's platoon in the 1956 film "A Hill in Korea". The stars of the film were George Baker, Stanley Baker, Harry Andrews and Michael Medwin, with Stephen Boyd and Ronald Lewis, and Robert Shaw also had a small part. He appeared regularly on television in small roles. His first credited role on the BBC was 'Boudousse' in the Jean Anouilh play "The Lark" in 1956. Other parts included three roles in "Dixon of Dock Green" in 1957, 1958 and 1959, prisoner-of-war series "Escape" (1957), crime/thriller drama "Mister Charlesworth", and a court orderly in "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" (1958).