No Time for Sergeants

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No Time for Sergeants

1958,

1h 59m,

Comedy

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Sergeant King (Myron McCormick) thinks backwoods hillbilly-turned-new recruit Will Stockdale (Andy Griffith) might be the dumbest private ever to join the Air Force. When King puts him permanently in charge of the latrines, Stockdale thinks it's a promotion. Somehow, all King's attempts to make Stockdale look foolish backfire, and one of them even finds the sergeant demoted to private by his superiors. Stockdale, meanwhile, squeaks through training, and soon begins wreaking havoc in the skies.

Harold Whitehead

Montreal Gazette

Mar 23, 2022

Mr. Griffith made his name in this role and after watching him for five minutes it is easy to see why.

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Clyde Gilmour

Maclean's Magazine

Oct 31, 2019

The best moments in this service farce are hilarious but it's much too long and the joke wears thin before the finish.

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

Jul 22, 2012

3.5/5

Even today, more than 50 years after No Time for Sergeants was made, the film works as a comedy. Bottom line, it made me laugh.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Dec 2, 2010

2/4

...a lamentably uneven piece of work that's rarely as compelling as its star's magnetic performance.

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Mike McGranaghan

Aisle Seat

May 18, 2010

3/4

No Time For Sergeants is ripe for re-discovery by a new generation, and ripe for re-visiting by those who remember it fondly.

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Feb 2, 2019

The best comedy movie ever made!

Luke R

Dec 21, 2018

Andy Griffith made a career playing country guys who, even if ignorant, always got over on smart-ass city slicker types and it sort of began with this Army tale of a good hearted if dim oaf who befuddles career soldiers. Nick Adams is good as his little buddy with big Army dreams. Myron McCormick maintains exasperation solidly fo the length of the piece.

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Sep 24, 2017

Hilarious with shades of Gomer Pyle. Andy Griffith is terrific!

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Mervyn LeRoy

Director

Andy Griffith

Pvt. Will Stockdale

Myron McCormick

Sgt. Orville C. King

Nick Adams

Pvt. Ben Whitledge

Murray Hamilton

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Synopsis

Sergeant King (Myron McCormick) thinks backwoods hillbilly-turned-new recruit Will Stockdale (Andy Griffith) might be the dumbest private ever to join the Air Force. When King puts him permanently in charge of the latrines, Stockdale thinks it's a promotion. Somehow, all King's attempts to make Stockdale look foolish backfire, and one of them even finds the sergeant demoted to private by his superiors. Stockdale, meanwhile, squeaks through training, and soon begins wreaking havoc in the skies.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Producer: Mervyn LeRoy, Alex Segal
Screenwriter: John Lee Mahin
Production Co: Warner Bros.
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 29, 1958, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 4, 2010
Runtime: 1h 59m

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