Privates on Parade (film)

Privates on Parade
Directed byMichael Blakemore
Written byPeter Nichols
Based onthe stage play by Peter Nichols
Produced bySimon Relph
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
Budget£1.9 million

Privates on Parade is a 1983 British black comedy film directed by Michael Blakemore and starring John Cleese, Denis Quilley and Nicola Pagett. It was written by Peter Nichols adapted from his 1977 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.