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
Shirley Eaton
Mary Sage
Charles Hawtrey
Private Peter Golightly
Bill Owen
Corporal Bill Copping
William Hartnell
Sergeant Grimshawe
Dora Bryan
Norah
Norman Rossington
Private Herbert Brown
Edward Judd
Fifth Storesman
Bernard Kay
Injured Recruit
James Villiers
Seventh Recruit
Hattie Jacques
Captain Clark
Bob Monkhouse
Private Charlie Sage
Ed Devereaux
Sergeant Russell
Kenneth Williams
Private James Bailey
Arnold Diamond
Fifth Specialist
Kenneth Connor
Private Horace Strong
Terence Longdon
Private Miles Haywood
Terry Scott
Sergeant Paddy O'Brien
Martin Boddey
Sixth Specialist
Basil Dignam
Third Specialist
Leigh Madison
Sheila
Martin Wyldeck
Mr. Sage (uncredited)
Gerald Campion
Private Andy Calloway
Frank Forsyth
Second Specialist
Eric Barker
Captain Potts
Don McCorkindale
Third Recruit
Alec Bregonzi
First Storesman
Jack Smethurst
First Recruit
Brian Jackson
Second Recruit
Graydon Gould
Ninth Recruit
Cyril Chamberlain
Stores Sergeant
Helen Goss
Mary's Mother (uncredited)
Gordon Tanner
First Specialist
Ian Whittaker
Medical Corporal
Anthony Sagar
Stores Sergeant
John Gatrell
Fourth Specialist
Graham Stewart
Second Storesman
Alexander Harris
Third Storesman
Pat Feeney
Fourth Storesman
John Mathews
Sergeant Matthews
Ronald Clarke
Sixth Storesman
David Williams
Seventh Storesman
Haydn Ward
Eighth Recruit
Jeremy Dempster
Tenth Recruit
Leon Eagles
Fourth Recruit
Terry Dickinson
Eleventh Recruit
Malcolm Webster
Fifth Recruit
Patrick Durkin
Sixth Recruit
Michael Hunt
Fourteenth Recruit
Hyma Beckley
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Ernest Blyth
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Rodney Cardiff
New Recruit (uncredited)
Ivor Danvers
Recruit (uncredited)
Nicholas Donnelly
Recruit (uncredited)
Ernest Fennemore
New Recruit (uncredited)
Bernard Foreman
Lance Corporal (uncredited)
Victor Hagan
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Laurence Harrington
Recruit (uncredited)
Norman Hartley
Thirteenth Recruit (uncredited)
Ken Hutchins
Soldier (uncredited)
Gerry Judge
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Benny Lee
Recruit (uncredited)
Mary Maxfield
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Don McMurray
New Recruit (uncredited)
Tony Mendleson
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Jimmy Millar
Sergeant (uncredited)
John Payne
Soldier on Sick Parade (uncredited)
Joe Phelps
Corporal (uncredited)
Arnold Schulkes
New Recruit (uncredited)
Bunny Seaman
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Reg Thomason
Soldier (uncredited)
Bob Wright
New Recruit (uncredited)

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