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- In World War II, a failed British officer is selected by his uncle, a brigadier with the War Office, to participate in a secret operation to recover looted artwork from the Germans.
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Private's Progress is a 1956 British comedy film directed by John Boulting and starring Ian Carmichael, Peter Jones, William Hartnell and Terry-Thomas. [3] The script was by John Boulting and Frank Harvey based on the novel of the same name [4] by Alan Hackney.
Private's Progress: Directed by John Boulting. With Ian Carmichael, Ronald Adam, Henry B. Longhurst, Peter Jones. In World War II, a failed British officer is selected by his uncle, a brigadier with the War Office, to participate in a secret operation to recover looted artwork from the Germans.
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- Comedy, War
- John Boulting
- 1956-02-17
Dec 20, 2023 · Private’s Progress. Satire on the off-limits activities of the wartime British army, involving a bungling private, some smuggling & even some spying. Starring: Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry Thomas
- 97 min
Upper-class innocent Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) has to interrupt his cloistered university education when he is called up in 1942 and sent to Gravestone Camp.
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.
Film starring Ian Carmichael as a young undergraduate who is conscripted into the British Army. Also features Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas, Peter Jones, William Hartnell and more. It's 1942 and in the middle of his studies, Stanley Windrush is called up to join the forces.
Private's Progress. As World War II settles over England, university student Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) receives his call-up. During training, Windrush is plunged into a...
- Comedy
