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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. The script was by John Boulting and Frank Harvey based on the novel of the same name by Alan Hackney.
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
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.
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.
As World War II settles over England, university student Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) receives his call-up. During training, Windrush is plunged into a thoroughly unfamiliar world, with his ...
The Boulting Brothers enjoyed one of their biggest box-office successes of the 1950s with the wry service comedy Private's Progress. Though billed fourth, Ian Carmichael plays the central character, feckless British soldier Stanley Windrush.
Taking place during WWII and adapted from Alan Hackney's book of the same name, Private's Progress is a 1956 British ensemble film that relies heavily on its star-studded cast rather than developing a complex plot. Led by Ian Carmichael in the role of the upper-class Stanley Windrush, who is hilariously at odds with military life, it follows ...
