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This first entry in the long-running (some would say interminable) British 'Carry On' series is at base a collection of motheaten army jokes, albeit served up with freshness and energy. Future Doctor Who star William Hartnell plays Sergeant Major Grimshaw, whose fondest wish is to win the coveted Best Troop Award before his retirement. Alas, this may never come to pass: his newest batch of conscripts include some of the biggest and stupidest foul-ups in military history. Popular comedian-cartoonist Bob Monkhouse and cockney bombshell Shirley Eaton head up the supporting cast, which includes such 'Carry On' stalwarts-to-be as Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Williams. Carry On Sergeant was very loosely based on The Bull Boys, a novel by R. F. Delderfield.
1933 in Ireland
January 11, 1914 in Warwickshire, England, UK
March 8, 1909 in Paddington, London, England, UK
1938, Kensington, London, England, UK
6 June 1918, Islington, London, England, UK
April, 1931 in Bolton, England, UK
20 February 1912, Thornton Heath, London, England, UK
9 April 1932, Collyhurst, Manchester, England, UK
7 February 1923, Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
16 April 1907, Stirling, Scotland, UK
August 21, 1907 in Lewisham, London, England, UK
June 24, 1922 in London, England, UK
November 27, 1927 in London, England, UK
September 20, 1929 in Prestwich, Lancashire, England, UK
4 May 1927, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
October 8, 1920 in Ebbw Vale, Gwent, Wales, UK
July 14, 1932 in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK
August 11, 1916 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1939, London, England, UK
1928 in London, England, UK
8 January 1908, St. Pancras, London, England, UK
November 29, 1918 in London, England, UK
4 October 1932, Shanghai, China
September 5, 1927 in Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
9 June 1936, Linthorpe, Middlesborough, Cleveland, England, UK
April 4, 1931 in Essex, England, UK
1942 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
January 23, 2018
The professional skill of William Hartnell and Dora Bryan lends some reality and humour to this conventional farce, in which all the characters come from stock.
