Privates on Parade (film)

Privates on Parade
Directed byMichael Blakemore
Written byPeter Nichols (play)
StarringJohn Cleese
David Bamber
Denis Quilley
Bruce Payne
CinematographyIan Wilson
Edited byJim Clark
Music byDenis King
Production
companies
Distributed byOrion Pictures
Release date
  • 18 March 1983 (1983-03-18)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budgetunder £2 million[1]

Privates on Parade is a 1983 film adaptation of the Peter Nichols play of the same name about a fictional – and mostly gay – military entertainment group, the "Song and Dance Unit South East Asia (SADUSEA)" assembled to entertain the troops in the Malayan jungle during the Malayan Emergency.[2]

  1. ^ Robert Sellers, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: The Inside Story of HandMade Films, Metro 2003, pp. 121–131
  2. ^ Sandra Brennan (2009). "Privates on Parade". All Movie Guide. Retrieved 16 February 2009.