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MOVIE
The Virgin Soldiers
1969
95 minutes (1 hrs 35 mins)
Production Country
United Kingdom
Production Studio
Columbia Pictures
Director and Cast Quickview
Directed by
John Dexter
Starring
Lynn Redgrave · Hywel Bennett · Nigel Davenport · Nigel Patrick · Rachel Kempson · Jack Shepherd
Release dates
US release5th February 1970
United Kingdom release15th October 1969
Australia release16th April 1970
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
- Debut box office: 31st Oct '69
- Debut position: 1
- Highest position: 1
- Debut gross: £120.5 Thousand
- Total chart weeks: 12
Chart position history
UK box office
31 Oct, 1969
1
1
7 Nov, 1969
2
2
14 Nov, 1969
2
2
21 Nov, 1969
2
2
28 Nov, 1969
2
2
5 Dec, 1969
2
2
12 Dec, 1969
2
2
19 Dec, 1969
3
3
26 Dec, 1969
3
3
2 Jan, 1970
3
3
9 Jan, 1970
3
3
16 Jan, 1970
4
4
US box office
Global box office
Certificates
US
R
R
15
16
SOA
Tous publics
M
16
15
18+
18
Total grosses
UK total gross
£271.5 Thousand
£271.5 Thousand
US total gross
$0
$0
Global total gross
$0
$0 25thframe.co.uk stats
News from around the web
Cannes 2014: Queen and Country review – virgin soldiers bashing the square, getting some in The Guardian Tue, 20th May 2014HYWEL BENNETT Film Review Daily Wed, 26th July 2017Leslie Thomas, Author of the Novel ‘The Virgin Soldiers,’ Dies at 83 (Published 2014) The New York Times Tue, 20th May 2014Hywel Bennett, star of television and film, dies aged 73 BBC Thu, 3rd August 2017Virgin Soldiers author Leslie Thomas dies at his Wiltshire home The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald Wed, 7th May 2014Forgotten British Moguls: Ned Sherrin and Terry Glinwood of Virgin Films FilmInk Sat, 13th December 2025