Set in singapore in the early 1950s, this impressive adaptation of leslie thomas' best selling, scandalous novel centres on a group of naïve, young british army recruits billeted to malaya who have no experience of either love or war.both affectionate and affecting in its look at young men in wartime, the film has a wonderful cast which includes lynn redgrave georgy girl, the national health, hywel bennett the family way, twisted nerve and nigel davenport the third secret, the mind of mr. Soames, along with early appearances from christopher timothy, wayne sleep, james cosmo and a young david bowie. Genuine and heartfelt, the virgin soldiers is an insightful and hugely underrated british comic drama.indicator limited blu ray edition special featureshigh definition remasteroriginal mono audiothe virgin actors 2019, 29 mins roy holder and christopher timothy recall their experiences on locationsome confidence 2019, 8 mins writer ian la frenais discusses his contributions to the screenplay16mm location footage 1967, 14 mins rare and previously unseen material shot during location scoutingoperation malaya 1953, 67 mins david macdonald s acclaimed feature length docudrama on the malayan emergencyoriginal theatrical trailerimage gallery on set and promotional photographyisolated music effects tracknew and improved english subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearinglimited edition exclusive 36 page booklet with a new essay by author scott harrison, leslie thomas on the virgin soldiers, archival profiles of lynn redgrave and tsai chin, an overview of contemporary critical responses, anthony nield on operation malaya, and film creditsuk premiere on blu raylimited edition of 3,000 copies