Movie · 1958
Carry On Sergeant
“It’s all about a Dad . . . a Draftee . . . and a Detonation heard round the camp!”
Released 31 August 1958 84 min Comedy / War More from 1958 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Basil Dignam
as Third Specialist
William Hartnell
as Sergeant Grimshawe
Cyril Chamberlain
as Stores Sergeant
Eric Barker
as Captain Potts
Bill Owen
as Corporal Bill Copping
Charles Hawtrey
as Private Peter Golightly
Arnold Diamond
as Fifth Specialist
Kenneth Connor
as Private Horace Strong
Gerald Campion
as Private Andy Calloway
Terence Longdon
as Private Miles Haywood
Hattie Jacques
as Captain Clark
Dora Bryan
as Norah
Kenneth Williams
as Private James Bailey
Bob Monkhouse
as Private Charlie Sage
Norman Rossington
as Private Herbert Brown
James Villiers
as Seventh Recruit
Edward Judd
as Fifth Storesman
Shirley Eaton
as Mary Sage
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The numbers
31years between the oldest and youngest billed
52Basil Dignam — oldest on the call sheet
21Shirley Eaton — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast