The Breaking Of Bumbo
- 1970 film
Comedy contrasting the demands of a military life with the temptations of the early 1960s and the sexual revolution. Stars Richard Warwick, Joanna Lumley, Natasha Pyne, Jeremy Child, Derek Newark and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 1970
- Creator
- Andrew Sinclair
- Stars
- Richard Warwick, Joanna Lumley, Natasha Pyne, Jeremy Child, Derek Newark, Donald McKillop, Anthony May, Robert Russell and more
- Writer
- Andrew Sinclair
- Director
- Andrew Sinclair
- Producer
- L. Jeffrey Selznick
- Companies
Bumbo Bailey, a newly commissioned Ensign of the Household Brigade, considers his social life every bit as important as his military career. But his troubles begin when he falls in with the luscious Susie and her friend Jock, whose principal occupation is organising anti-war demonstrations. When they decide to protest outside Wellington Barracks, Bumbo's military career is soon in jeopardy!
Additional details
- UK certificate
- A
- Duration
- 94 minutes
- Distributors
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- Red is London sung by Jean Hart; Waterloo Station by Chris Ellis; Springtime in the City performed by the Graham Bond Organisation.
Website links
Broadcast details
- Most recent repeats
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- Saturday 25th February 2017 at 8:00pm on London Live
- Saturday 26th November 2016 at 8:00pm on London Live
- Saturday 3rd September 2016 at 8:30pm on London Live