‘The Virgin Soldiers,’ a 1969 Film in the Tradition of ‘Catch-22,’ Gets Rescued From Obscurity
One reason the film is a discovery could be that its director, John Dexter (1925-90), was less a cinematic auteur than a man of the theater. He was a pivotal figure on the stage in his native England and New York City.
Pop culture obsessives should have their interests piqued by Powerhouse Films’s Blu-ray restoration of “The Virgin Soldiers” (1969). As the opening credits begin, we listen to an increasingly jaunty military march during which we learn that it was composed by, as he is listed, Raymond Douglas Davies.
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