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Carry on Sergeant: Directed by Gerald Thomas. With William Hartnell, Shirley Eaton, Eric Barker, Dora Bryan. 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.
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- Comedy, War
- Gerald Thomas
- 1958-09-19
The new recruits are assigned to Sergeant Grimshaw (William Hartnell). Grimshaw will soon be retiring from the army and takes on a £50 bet with Sergeant O'Brien ( Terry Scott ) that his last bunch of squaddies will be his first champion platoon .
Sergeant Grimshaw is close to retirement. His last group of National Service recruits are about to join. They include newlywed Charlie Sage, separated from his bride by being called up on his wedding day. Grimshaw has bet his fellow officers that he can get his men through training with the highest honours and win the Star Squad prize.
Carry On Sergeant is a 1958 British comedy film about National Service starring William Hartnell, Bob Monkhouse and Eric Barker; it is the first in the series of Carry On films, with 31 entries released from 1958 to 1992. The film was based on a play The Bull Boys by R. F. Delderfield and was adapted into a script by Norman Hudis with John ...
- 80 min
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The new recruits are assigned to Sergeant Grimshawe (William Hartnell). Grimshawe is retiring from the army in the next 10 weeks and takes on a £50 bet with Sergeant O'Brien (Terry Scott) that his last bunch of squad enlists will be his first Champion Platoon. (Terry Scott was paid £50 for his part in the film).
Grimshaw is retiring from the army and takes on a £50 bet with Sergeant O'Brien that his last bunch of squaddies will be his first champion platoon. With beady-eyed inspection from Captain Potts and disgruntled support from Corporal Copping , Grimshaw decides to use some psychology and treat his charges kindly rather than simply shouting at them.
Nicholas Peter Andrew Grimshaw (born 14 August 1984), also known as Grimmy, is an English television and former radio presenter, podcaster and author. He became known for having hosted a variety of shows on BBC Radio 1. He is also known as a television presenter for his Channel 4 roles in T4 and The Album Chart Show.
