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31/08/1958 Comedy, War 1h 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.

  1. Gerald Thomas

    Director

  2. John Antrobus

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Bob Monkhouse

    Private Charlie Sage

  2. William Hartnell

    Sergeant Grimshawe

  3. Shirley Eaton

    Mary Sage

  4. Eric Barker

    Captain Potts

  5. Dora Bryan

    Norah

  6. Bill Owen

    Corporal Bill Copping

  7. Charles Hawtrey

    Private Peter Golightly

  8. Kenneth Connor

    Private Horace Strong

  9. Kenneth Williams

    Private James Bailey

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-07-23
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...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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