Private's Progress

Plot:

Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material. This leads him to meets up with wily Private Cox who knows exactly how all the scams work in the confused world of the British Army. And Stanley's brigadier War Office uncle seems to be up to something more than a bit shady too.

Cast:

Richard Attenborough as Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
Dennis Price as Bertram Tracepurcel
Terry-Thomas as Maj. Hitchcock
Ian Carmichael as Stanley Windrush
Peter Jones as Arthur Egan
William Hartnell as Sgt. Sutton
Thorley Walters as Capt. Henry Bootle
Jill Adams as Prudence Greenslade
Ian Bannen as Pvt. Horrocks
Victor Maddern as Pvt. George Blake
Kenneth Griffith as Pvt. Dai Jones
John Warren as Sgt. Maj. Gradwick
George Coulouris as Padre
Derrick De Marney as Pat
Ronald Adam as Doctor at medical hearing
Henry B. Longhurst as Mr. Spottiswood (as Henry Longhurst)
Miles Malleson as Windrush Senior
Sally Miles as Catherine
David King-Wood as Gerald
Brian Oulton as M.O. at Gravestone Camp
Michael Trubshawe as Col. Fanshawe
John Le Mesurier as Psychiatrist
Robert Raglan as Gen. Tomlinson
Nicholas Bruce as German officer
Theodore Zichy as German agent
Henry Oscar as 1st Art expert rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Bowan as NCO (uncredited)
Robert Bruce as Testing Officer (uncredited)
Edward Cast as Intellegence Officer (uncredited)
Campbell Cotts as Officer at Lecture (uncredited)
Robert Dean as Naval Commander (uncredited)
Basil Dignam as Col. Martin (uncredited)
Edgar Driver as Nobby (uncredited)
Vince Edwards as German Officer (uncredited)
E.V.H. Emmett as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Eynon Evans as Ticket Collector (uncredited)
Gerald Fox as Face Ache (uncredited)
Irlin Hall as NAAFI Girl (uncredited)
John Harvey as RAF Officer at Headquarters (uncredited)
Frank Hawkins as Drill Sergeant (uncredited)
Glyn Houston as Corporal on Sick Call (uncredited)
Frederick Jaeger as German Sentry (uncredited)
Lloyd Lamble as Officer at Medical Hearing (uncredited)
Ludwik Lawinski as General von Lembeck (uncredited)
Christopher Lee as Major Schultz (uncredited)
David Lodge as Lance Corporal Parsons (uncredited)
Alec McCowen as 2nd Medical Orderly (uncredited)
Jack McNaughton as Medical Orderly (uncredited)
Julia Nelson as ATS Sergeant (uncredited)
Wally Patch as Barman (uncredited)
Roy Purcell as Colonel at Checkpoint (uncredited)
Llewellyn Rees as 2nd Art Expert (uncredited)
Trevor Reid as Adjutant (uncredited)
Patricia Somerset as ATS Clerk (uncredited)
Karel Stepanek as German Officer (uncredited)
Peter Stephens as Major Lench (uncredited)
Marianne Stone as Miss Sugden (uncredited)
Michael Ward as Sidney (uncredited)
Lockwood West as Detective (uncredited)
Patrick Westwood as Green - Driver (uncredited)
Peter Williams as Officer at Selection Board (uncredited)
Ian Wilson as Party Guest (uncredited)
Mickey Wood as Judo Instructor (uncredited)
Victor Wood as CO at Holding Depot (uncredited)