Private's Progress

July. 23,1956      NR
Rating:
6.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Ian Carmichael as  Pte. Stanley Windrush
Richard Attenborough as  Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
Terry-Thomas as  Major Hitchcock
John Le Mesurier as  Psychiatrist
William Hartnell as  Sgt. Sutton
Dennis Price as  Brig. Bertram Tracepurcel
Ian Bannen as  Private Horrocks
Peter Jones as  Arthur Egan
Christopher Lee as  Major Schultz
Miles Malleson as  Mr. Windrush Sr.

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