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Carry On Sergeant
This first entry in the long-running (some would say interminable) British 'Carry On' series is at base a collection of motheaten army jokes, albeit served up with freshness and energy. Future Doctor Who star William Hartnell plays Sergeant Major Grimshaw, whose fondest wish is to win the coveted Best Troop Award before his retirement. Alas, this may never come to pass: his newest batch of conscripts include some of the biggest and stupidest foul-ups in military history. Popular comedian-cartoonist Bob Monkhouse and cockney bombshell Shirley Eaton head up the supporting cast, which includes such 'Carry On' stalwarts-to-be as Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Williams. Carry On Sergeant was very loosely based on The Bull Boys, a novel by R. F. Delderfield.
9 June 1936, Linthorpe, Middlesborough, Cleveland, England, UK
7 February 1922, Sandgate, Kent, England, UK
April 21, 1930 in London, England, UK
September 5, 1927 in Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
July 14, 1932 in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK
4 May 1927, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
November 27, 1927 in London, England, UK
19 June 1920, Burnley, England, UK
17 July 1918, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
January 23, 2018
The professional skill of William Hartnell and Dora Bryan lends some reality and humour to this conventional farce, in which all the characters come from stock.
