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Privates on Parade is a British film of genre Drama directed by Michael Blakemore released in USA on 13 april 1984 with John Cleese

Privates on Parade (1983)

Privates on Parade
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Released in USA 13 april 1984
Length 1h40
Directed by
Genres Drama,    War,    Comedy,    Musical
Rating48% 2.4097752.4097752.4097752.4097752.409775

Privates on Parade is a 1982 film adaptation of the Peter Nichols play of the same title about a fictional - and mostly gay - military entertainment group, the "Song and Dance Unit, Southeast Asia" assembled to entertain the troops in the Malayan jungle during the Malayan Emergency

Actors

John Cleese

(Major Giles Flack)David Bamber

(Sergeant Charles Bishop)Michael Elphick

(Sergeant Major Reg Drummond)Bruce Payne

(Flight Sergeant Kevin Cartwright)John Standing

(Captain Sholto Savory)
And :
Nicola Pagett
Tim Barlow
Ishaq Bux
David Griffin
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