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

Brian Gascoigne
Composer

Ian Wilson
Cinematographer

Peter Whitting
Downley

Willy Kemplen
Editor

Robert Russell
Sergeant Clegg

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

Andrew Sinclair
Director / Writer

Brian Cole
Focus Puller
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.