Carry On Sergeant

Carry On Sergeant

Star Cast	-   Bob Monkhouse, William Hartnell, Eric Barker, Shirley Eaton, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Connor, Kenneth Williams, Gerald Campion, Norman Rossington, Terence Longdon, Bill Owen, Dora Bryan, Hattie Jacques
Director	-        Gerald Thomas
Producer	-        Peter Rogers, Kenneth Myers
Rating	-        U/A
Year of Release	-        1958
Category	-        Hollywood
Genre	-        Comedy

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 Sergeant Grimshaw (William Hartnell) is about to retire & as the retirement days loom closer, Sergeant Grimshaw wishes to that his last troop wins the Best Troop Award. He is so obsessed with this dream that he has a bet of £50 with Sergeant O’Brien. But Sergeant Grimshaw is dismayed when he meets his recruits, a group of misfits.

Charlie Sage (Bob Monkhouse) is a reluctant recruit as he receives his call-up papers during his wedding breakfast. Other recruits also show similar signs – Horace Strong (Kenneth Connor) is a Hypochondriac & is convinced that he is suffering from every disease that exists in medical science; a haughty university graduate, James Bailey (Kenneth Williams) begrudges the very presence of the Army; delicate & flowery Peter Golightly (Charles Hawtrey) is the clumsiest recruit that one could find in any army; a failure Herbert Brown (Norman Rossington); an upper-class cad Miles Heywood (Terence Longdon) who is present in the Army only because his father, a top-ranking General, wanted him to; & a rock ‘n’ roll Andy Galloway (Gerald Campion).

The troop fails most of the tests during training sessions. Sergeant Grimshaw is disheartened & talks to Corporal Copping (Bill Owen) that he would retire with somewhat less than a bang, considering his troop was not performing well. One of the recruits overhears the conversation. The troop decides to win the Best Troop Award & make the Sergeant proud. On the day of the final tests, the troop gives an outstanding performance & Sergeant Grimshaw wins the award.