The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)
- Directed by
- Andrew Sinclair
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rating
- 4.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young man joins the British army for national service and tries to navigate its absurd rules and traditions. He gets into a series of amusing misadventures with his fellow soldiers and a love interest.
whimsicalsatiricallight-heartedplayfulnostalgiccheekywrygentle
What happens
The Breaking of Bumbo is a 1970 British comedy film directed by Andrew Sinclair and starring Richard Warwick, Joanna Lumley, Jeremy Child and Edward Fox. The screenplay was by Sinclair, a former Coldstream Guards National service officer, adapted from his 1959 novel of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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