Private's Progress (1956)

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.
- Released
- 1956-02-17
- Genres
- Comedy, War
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- John Boulting, Frank Harvey, John Boulting
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 from 28 votes
Cast
- 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.
- Jill Adams as Prudence Greenslade
- Victor Maddern as Private George Blake
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