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Stand up, virgin soldiers is a 1977 british film directed by norman cohen and starring robin askwith and nigel davenport. Leslie thomas creates the right balance between the big picture and the stories of the soldiers and people of singaporemalaya at this time in history. It is set in 1950, during the malayan emergency, and is based on the novel of the same name by leslie thomas. Idle, homesick, afraid, bored, oversexed, and unsatisfied.
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