Private's Progress (1956)

6.6/10 97 min Comedy War

Overview

Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material, but befriends wily Private Percival Cox who knows exactly how all the scams work in the confused world of the British Army. And Stanley's brigadier War Office uncle seems to be up to something more than a bit shady too - and they are both soon working for him, behind the enemy lines.

Cast

Ian Carmichael

Pte. Stanley Windrush

Richard Attenborough

Pvt. Percival Henry Cox

Terry-Thomas

Major Hitchcock

John Le Mesurier

Psychiatrist

William Hartnell

Sgt. Sutton

Dennis Price

Brig. Bertram Tracepurcel

Ian Bannen

Private Horrocks

Peter Jones

Arthur Egan

Christopher Lee

Major Schultz

Miles Malleson

Mr. Windrush Sr.

Jill Adams

Prudence Greenslade

Victor Maddern

Private George Blake

Kenneth Griffith

Private Dai Jones

George Coulouris

Padre

Marianne Stone

Miss Sugden

Ronald Adam

Doctor at Medical

David King-Wood

Gerald

Derrick De Marney

Pat

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