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Private's Progress (1955)
Director: John Boulting
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A delightful Boulting Brothers comedy about a mild, innocent undergraduate (Carmichael) drafted into the army, falling in with a bunch of spivs, and being sent to Germany disguised as a Nazi to steal art treasures. The absurdly irreverent attitude towards everything - army routines, class snobbery, official protocol, and corruption - is the stuff of amiable, nostalgic farce rather than biting satire, but it's beautifully performed by a host of character actors and often very funny.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: John Boulting
Producer: Roy Boulting
Cast: Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas, William Hartnell, Peter Jones, Victor Maddern, Jill Adams, Thorley Walters, Ian Bannen, John Le Mesurier, Kenneth Griffith, George Coulouris, Christopher Lee full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 102 mins
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