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Carry on Sergeant (1958)
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August 1958 (UK) moreTagline:
It's an On-the-Ball Riot About an Off-Limits Romance morePlot:
Sergeant Grimshaw wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very... more | full synopsisNewsDesk:
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'Carry On' producer Peter Rogers dies (From digitalspy. 16 April 2009, 2:54 AM, PDT)
Peter Rogers Dies
(From EmpireOnline. 16 April 2009, 1:53 AM, PDT)
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Has a certain charm moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| William Hartnell | ... | Sergeant Grimshawe | |
| Shirley Eaton | ... | Mary Sage | |
| Eric Barker | ... | Captain Potts | |
| Dora Bryan | ... | Norah | |
| Bill Owen | ... | Corporal Bill Copping | |
| Charles Hawtrey | ... | Peter Golightly | |
| Kenneth Connor | ... | Horace Strong | |
| Kenneth Williams | ... | James Bailey | |
| Terence Longdon | ... | Miles Heywood | |
| Norman Rossington | ... | Herbert Brown | |
| Gerald Campion | ... | Andy Calloway | |
| Hattie Jacques | ... | Captain Clark | |
| Cyril Chamberlain | ... | Gun Sergeant | |
| Arnold Diamond | ... | Fifth Specialist | |
| Gordon Tanner | ... | First Specialist |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
84 minCountry:
UKLanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #19423) | Australia:G (DVD rating) | Australia:PG (VHS rating) | Finland:K-8Fun Stuff
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Continuity: When Captain Potts pins the chart to the training progress board, the board has the intake as No.29 but when the prize giving is announced near the end of the film it is announced as the prize giving for the 60th intake moreQuotes:
James Bailey: [During bayonet practice:] Don't you think this is a trifle out of date in a world bristling with H-Bombs, Sergeant?[Golightly charges, only to get caught up in the hanging sack]
Sgt. Grimshawe: Private Bailey, in answer to your question, I'd back him against the H-Bomb any day!
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The first in the hugely-successful "Carry On..." series of films, "Sergeant" certainly doesn't stand out as anything particularly remarkable.
Many of the familiar faces are there right from the start (Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor) playing much the same characters as they would later make their own.
However, "Sergeant" is a reasonably gentle affair with none of the smut and sauce that would later be the series hallmark. William Hartnell puts in a great pre-Dr. Who turn as a bluff old Army sergeant given the task of turning his platoon of mis-matched incompetents into winning material.
Of course, in true "Carry On" style there is a series of fairly amusing set-pieces before the, not entirely unexpected, happy ending.
In all, "Sergeant" is mild mannered, harmless British comedy with some nice turns from Dora Bryan, Kenneth Connor and a young Bob Monkhouse. Surprising that this, probably the least offensive in the series, eventually launched a string of cheap, saucy slapstick.