Carry On Sergeant

1958 84 min ★ 6.4 Comedy, War

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.

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Cast

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

Details

Director

Gerald Thomas

Screenplay

Norman Hudis

Tagline

"It’s all about a Dad . . . a Draftee . . . and a Detonation heard round the camp!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Peter Rogers Productions

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

July 23, 2023

★ 5/10

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...