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Private's Progress
John Boulting
(1956)
95min
U Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
David Parkinson
This pleasing mix of satire and nostalgia was unusual at the time for suggesting that not every tommy who went to fight in the Second World War was a hero. Ian Carmichael is superbly cast as the hapless Stanley Windrush, whose natural ineptitude is seen as a God-given gift by the roguish Richard Attenborough and Dennis Price. Although the Boulting brothers rather lose track of the plot once Carmichael goes after Nazi art treasures, this is still richly entertaining, not least because of the smashing performance of Terry-Thomas. Carmichael and Terry-Thomas reprised their roles in the classic Boulting brothers comedy
I'm All Right Jack
three years later.
Summary
An inept student has to cut short his university education to serve in the army, and quickly proves he is not cut out for the forces. A crooked private takes him in hand and introduces him to various criminal schemes, which leads him to discover his uncle, a decorated brigadier, is also up to no good. Comedy, starring Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough and Terry-Thomas.
Cast & Crew
Stanley Windrush
Ian Carmichael
Pte Cox
Richard Attenborough
Maj Hitchcock
Terry-Thomas
Brig Bertram Tracepurcel
Dennis Price
Egan
Peter Jones
Sgt Sutton
William Hartnell
Capt Bootle
Thorley Walters
Prudence Greenslade
Jill Adams
Director
John Boulting
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Other Information
Language:
English
Black and white
Theatrical distributor:
British Lion Film Corp Ltd
Available on:
video and DVD
Comedy
Full Episode Guide
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