The core of the plot is the romantic triangle formed by the protagonist, a conscripted soldier named Private Brigg, a worldly professional soldier named Sergeant Driscoll, and Phillipa Raskin, the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major. The location is a British army base in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency.
Top Cast
Hywel Bennett as Brigg
Lynn Redgrave as Phillipa Raskin
Nigel Davenport as Sgt Driscoll
Jack Shepherd as Sgt Wellbeloved
Nigel Patrick as RSM Raskin
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