| image = "The Virgin Soldiers" (1969).jpg | based_on = ''[[The Virgin Soldiers]]'' by [[Leslie Thomas]]

...was written by [[Leslie Thomas|Leslie Thomas]] based on his 1975 novel of the same name. [[Category:1977 films]]

| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...ast]] comedies, [[Adventure films|Adventure films]], [[Action films|Action films]]

...' (1966) and played the titular "thinking man's layabout" James Shelley in the television sitcom ''[[Shelley (TV series)|Shelley]]'' (1979–1992).<ref na ...everwhere]]'' (1996), Peter Baxter in [[ITV Network|ITV]] police drama ''[[The Bill]]'' (2002) and [[crime boss]] [[Jack Dalton (EastEnders)|Jack Dalton]]