Carry On Sergeant (1958)

08/31/1958Comedy, War1h 24m
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It’s all about a Dad . . . a Draftee . . . and a Detonation heard round the camp!

Overview

Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But a motley bunch they turn out to be, and it's up to Grimshawe to put the no-hopers through their paces.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    William Hartnell

    Sergeant Grimshawe

  2. Cast 1

    Bob Monkhouse

    Charlie Sage

  3. Cast 1

    Shirley Eaton

    Mary Sage

  4. Cast 1

    Eric Barker

    Captain Potts

  5. Cast 1

    Dora Bryan

    Norah

  6. Cast 1

    Bill Owen

    Corporal Bill Copping

  7. Cast 1

    Charles Hawtrey

    Peter Golightly

  8. Cast 1

    Kenneth Connor

    Horace Strong

  9. Cast 1

    Kenneth Williams

    James Bailey

I suppose that this first of the "Carry On" films suffered quite definitely from being all to easily compared with the far funnier and potent wartime efforts of the likes of Will Hay and Norman Wisdom. These latter efforts had a far more immediate sense of blackened humour given that bombs were frequently dropping around them all as the films were being made. This is more of a compendium of satire and smut that struggles to build on quite a weak story, some rather puerile dialogue and a remarkably lacklustre effort from a team who seemed just a little too tentative and out-of-sorts to string t...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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