It’s all about a Dad . . . a Draftee . . . and a Detonation heard round the camp!
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.
- 6.4
- 1958
- Released
- 1h 24m
Bob Monkhouse
Private Charlie Sage
William Hartnell
Sergeant Grimshawe
Shirley Eaton
Mary Sage
Eric Barker
Captain Potts
Dora Bryan
Norah
Bill Owen
Corporal Bill Copping
Charles Hawtrey
Private Peter Golightly
Kenneth Connor
Private Horace Strong
Kenneth Williams
Private James Bailey
Terence Longdon
Private Miles Haywood
Norman Rossington
Private Herbert Brown
Gerald Campion
Private Andy Calloway
Hattie Jacques
Captain Clark
Cyril Chamberlain
Stores Sergeant
Arnold Diamond
Fifth Specialist
Gordon Tanner
First Specialist
Martin Boddey
Sixth Specialist
Frank Forsyth
Second SpecialistIan Whittaker
Medical Corporal
Basil Dignam
Third SpecialistAnthony Sagar
Stores SergeantJohn Gatrell
Fourth Specialist
Alec Bregonzi
First StoresmanGraham Stewart
Second StoresmanAlexander Harris
Third StoresmanPat Feeney
Fourth Storesman
Terry Scott
Sergeant Paddy O'Brien
Edward Judd
Fifth StoresmanJohn Mathews
Sergeant MatthewsRonald Clarke
Sixth Storesman
Ed Devereaux
Sergeant RussellDavid Williams
Seventh Storesman
Leigh Madison
Sheila
Bernard Kay
Injured Recruit
Jack Smethurst
First RecruitHaydn Ward
Eighth Recruit
Brian Jackson
Second Recruit
Graydon Gould
Ninth Recruit
Don McCorkindale
Third RecruitJeremy Dempster
Tenth RecruitLeon Eagles
Fourth RecruitTerry Dickinson
Eleventh RecruitMalcolm Webster
Fifth RecruitPatrick Durkin
Sixth Recruit
James Villiers
Seventh RecruitMichael Hunt
Fourteenth RecruitHyma Beckley
Wedding Guest (uncredited)Ernest Blyth
Wedding Guest (uncredited)Rodney Cardiff
New Recruit (uncredited)Ivor Danvers
Recruit (uncredited)Nicholas Donnelly
Recruit (uncredited)Ernest Fennemore
New Recruit (uncredited)Bernard Foreman
Lance Corporal (uncredited)
Helen Goss
Mary's Mother (uncredited)Victor Hagan
Wedding Guest (uncredited)Laurence Harrington
Recruit (uncredited)Norman Hartley
Thirteenth Recruit (uncredited)Ken Hutchins
Soldier (uncredited)Gerry Judge
Wedding Guest (uncredited)Benny Lee
Recruit (uncredited)Mary Maxfield
Wedding Guest (uncredited)Don McMurray
New Recruit (uncredited)Tony Mendleson
Wedding Guest (uncredited)Jimmy Millar
Sergeant (uncredited)John Payne
Soldier on Sick Parade (uncredited)Joe Phelps
Corporal (uncredited)Arnold Schulkes
New Recruit (uncredited)Bunny Seaman
Wedding Guest (uncredited)Reg Thomason
Soldier (uncredited)Bob Wright
New Recruit (uncredited)
Martin Wyldeck
Mr. Sage (uncredited)
Released
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- #military spoof
- #sergeant
- #carry on
- #black and white
Reviews
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