Comedy War
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.
Directed by
Gerald Thomas
Written by
John Antrobus
Bill Owen
Corporal Bill Copping
Shirley Eaton
Mary Sage
Edward Judd
Fifth Storesman
William Hartnell
Sergeant Grimshawe
Ed Devereaux
Sgt. Russell
Hattie Jacques
Captain Clark
Norman Rossington
Herbert Brown
Kenneth Williams
James Bailey
Charles Hawtrey
Peter Golightly
Bernard Kay
Injured Recruit
Kenneth Connor
Horace Strong
Terence Longdon
Miles Heywood
Basil Dignam
Third Specialist
Eric Barker
Captain Potts
Jack Smethurst
First Recruit
Cyril Chamberlain
Gun Sergeant
Arnold Diamond
Fifth Specialist
Terry Scott
Sgt Paddy O'Brien
Martin Boddey
Sixth Specialist
Dora Bryan
Norah
Bob Monkhouse
Charlie Sage
Brian Jackson
Second Recruit
James Villiers
Seventh Recruit
Gerald Campion
Andy Calloway
Leigh Madison
Sheila
Alec Bregonzi
First Storesman
Gordon Tanner
First Specialist
Don McCorkindale
Third Recruit
Graydon Gould
Ninth Recruit
Frank Forsyth
Second Specialist
Ian Whittaker
Medical Corporal
Anthony Sagar
Stores Sergeant
John Gatrell
Fourth Specialist
Graham Stewart
Second Storesman
Haydn Ward
Eighth Recruit
Leon Eagles
Fourth Recruit
Patrick Durkin
Sixth Recruit
Pat Feeney
Fourth Storesman
Alexander Harris
Third Storesman
John Matthews
Sergeant Matthews
Ronald Clarke
Sixth Storesman
David Williams
Seventh Storesman
Jeremy Dempster
Tenth Recruit
Terry Dickenson
Eleventh Recruit
Malcolm Webster
Fifth Recruit
Michael Hunt
Fourteenth Recruit

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