The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)
1h 29m
Running Time
September 28, 1970Release Date
The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)
1h 29m
Running Time
September 28, 1970Release Date
Plot.
The hilarious adventures of young Bumbo Bailey, who enlists in the Brigade of Guards and is based in the prestigious Wellington Barracks in London in the Swinging Sixties. He regards his social life as important as his military.
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Warwick
Bumbo Bailey
Joanna Lumley
Susie
Jeremy Child
Billy
John Bird
Jock
Natasha Pyne
Sheila
Donald Pickering
Jorum
Derek Newark
CSM Peters
Don McKillop
RSM
Peter Myers
CO
Clifton Jones
Black Actor
Simon Williams
Crutcher
Timothy Carlton
Bean
Edward Fox
Horwood
Robert Swann
Machaffie
George Janson
Farquhar
Peter Whitting
Downley
Robert Russell
Sergeant Clegg
Willy Kemplen
Editor
Howard Southern
Lance Corporal Johnson
Miriam Brickman
CastingDirector
Warren Clarke
Guardsman Andrews
Andrew Bradford
Guardsman Simons
Michael Burrell
Guardsman Matt
Jon Croft
Guardsman James
Peter Laird
Guardsman Munch
Michael Taylor
Guardsman Smith
Ron Davies
Guardsman Bart
Robert Tayman
Guardsman Phillips
Francis Wallis
Guardsman Thomson
Jeffry Wickham
MO
William Fox
Brigadier
Anouska Hempel
Debutante
Christopher Chittell
The Prisoner
Eileen Murphy
The Prisoner's Girl
George Hilsdon
Tussauds Guard
Anthony May
Art Student
Christopher Cabot
1st Student
Oscar James
2nd Student
Gerald Tarrant
3rd Student
Ian Liston
4th Student
Nigel Ashton
Assault Course Officer
Neil Wilson
Park-Keeper
Robin Maddison
Guardsman (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Party Guest (uncredited)
Andrew Sinclair
Director / Writer
Brian Cole
Focus Puller
Ian Wilson
Director of Photography
Brian Gascoigne
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
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.