

Private's Progress
The film that is respectfully dedicated to all those who got away with it !
Overview
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.
- Production
- Charter Film Productions, British Lion Film Corporation, Boulting Brothers
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Cast

Ian Carmichael
Pte. Stanley Windrush

Richard Attenborough
Pvt. Percival Henry Cox

Terry-Thomas
Major Hitchcock

John Le Mesurier
Psychiatrist

William Hartnell
Sgt. Sutton

Dennis Price
Brig. Bertram Tracepurcel

Ian Bannen
Private Horrocks

Peter Jones
Arthur Egan

Christopher Lee
Major Schultz

Miles Malleson
Mr. Windrush Sr.

Jill Adams
Prudence Greenslade

Victor Maddern
Private George Blake

Kenneth Griffith
Private Dai Jones

George Coulouris
Padre

Marianne Stone
Miss Sugden

Ronald Adam
Doctor at Medical

David King-Wood
Gerald

Derrick De Marney
Pat

Brian Oulton
M.O. at Gravestone Camp

Michael Trubshawe
Col. Fanshawe
Crew
- Director
- John Boulting
- Writers
- Frank Harvey,John Boulting
- Producers
- Roy Boulting
- Cinematography
- Eric Cross
- Composer
- John Addison
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John Chard
November 23, 2018
What a shower you really are. Upper class toff Stanley Windrush gets called to join the Army half way thru his university eduction, keen he may be, but he really is a fish out of water. Brought to us from the greatly talented Boulting brothers, is this most adored of British comedies. It's fish out of water plot has been {and will forever be} done to death, but driving this one on is the sly digs at the British class system so evident in the Armed forces from yore. Windrush can't cut it as…
