No Time for Sergeants (1958 film)
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1958 film poster
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| Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Produced by |
Mervyn LeRoy Alex Segal |
| Written by |
Mac Hyman (novel) Ira Levin (play) |
| Screenplay by | John Lee Mahin |
| Starring |
Andy Griffith Myron McCormick Nick Adams Murray Hamilton |
| Narrated by | Andy Griffith |
| Music by | Ray Heindorf |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Edited by | William H. Ziegler |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $7.2 million (est. US/ Canada rentals) |
No Time for Sergeants is a 1958 American comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy starring Andy Griffith and featuring Myron McCormick, Don Knotts and most of the original Broadway cast. Warner Bros. contract player Nick Adams joined the cast as Stockdale's fellow military draftee Benjamin B. Whitledge, as did Murray Hamilton as Irving S. Blanchard. The film is based on a play inspired by the original novel.
Will Stockdale (Griffith) is a backward, backwoods rube from outside Callville, Georgia, who may or may not be smarter than he looks. Accused by Mr. McKinney (Dub Taylor), the head of the draft board, of being a draft dodger, Stockdale's draft notices turn out to have been hidden from him by his father, who does not want the boy to leave home and be ridiculed. His father tells Will to be careful going to big cities like Macon and Atlanta. Pa Stockdale says he has been to those cities many years before and he was ridiculed.
Wrongfully shackled by McKinney, Stockdale joins a group of new United States Air Force draftees being transported to basic training. They include the obnoxious bully Irving S. Blanchard, who having undergone ROTC training, volunteers to be in charge. (Stockdale hears that Irving had ROTC and thinks it is a disease). They report to boot camp, where Stockdale and the equally dim friend, Ben Whitledge, begin the struggle to become airmen.
Stockdale is incredibly strong and can drink any man under the table. He proceeds to make life miserable for the man in charge, Master Sergeant Orville C. King, who likes his barracks to be quiet and calm. King wears Air Crewmember wings and states, "he is 45 years old, has 18 years in the military service and 16 years as a sergeant." In exasperation, the sergeant places the country bumpkin on full-time latrine duty. Stockdale believes his new position of "P.L.O." (permanent latrine orderly) to be a promotion.
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