The core of the plot is the romantic triangle formed by the protagonist, a conscripted soldier named Private Brigg, a worldly professional soldier named Sergeant Driscoll, and Phillipa Raskin, the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major. The location is a British army base in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency.
| Directing | John Dexter | Director |
| Writing | John McGrath | Writer |
| Writing | Leslie Thomas | Novel |
| Camera | Alan Hall | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Ian La Frenais | Writer |
| Writing | John Hopkins | Writer |
