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No Time for Sergeants

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Sergeant King (Myron McCormick) thinks backwoods hillbilly-turned-new recruit Will Stockdale (Andy Griffith) might 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.
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Harold Whitehead Montreal Gazette 03/23/2022
Mr. Griffith made his name in this role and after watching him for five minutes it is easy to see why. Go to Full Review Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine 10/31/2019
The best moments in this service farce are hilarious but it's much too long and the joke wears thin before the finish. Go to Full Review Kevin Carr 7M Pictures 07/22/2012
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. Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 12/02/2010
2/4
...a lamentably uneven piece of work that's rarely as compelling as its star's magnetic performance. Go to Full Review Mike McGranaghan Aisle Seat 05/18/2010
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Alan P Feb 8 Oblivious country boy shakes up an absurd civilized world. Can’t imagine else but Andy Griffith in this role. I feel sorry for anyone who can’t laugh with this movie. See more 09/20/2023 Andy Griffith at his best great movie recommend it James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas September 21, 2023 See more Andy M @BowTangey 03/10/2023 One of the funniest films I've ever seen. See more Ed M 06/03/2021 Funny. I loved this as a kid. Forgot that Mr. Drysdale from "Beverly Hillbillies was in it. And klinger from "M*A*S*H". See more 05/29/2021 Very funny! Andy Griffiths first film. See more robert r @RobertRiley 06/20/2019 Director Mervyn LeRoy's adaption of the Ira Levin teleplay (which, in turn, was an adaption of a novel by Mac Hyman) "No Time For Sergeants" features yet another endlessly entertaining performance from the cinematically underutilized Andy Griffith, a fun set of circumstances and characters to work with, and a couple fantastic bits layered throughout. What I can't get over, though, is just how unevenly plotted and adapted this film was from whatever version of its source material it tried to embody most. From a neglected, fourth-wall-breaking monologue thread that really goes nowhere beyond one or two scenes of the protagonist talking to us, to the overall narrative itself, which honestly felt more novelistic to a fault than cinematic, I just couldn't shake the feeling that things were a bit too wonky on the narrative end. Other than this glaring issue, though, I found it to be a mostly pleasant watch. See more Read all reviews
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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

Irving S. Blanchard

Howard Smith

Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush

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Synopsis Sergeant King (Myron McCormick) thinks backwoods hillbilly-turned-new recruit Will Stockdale (Andy Griffith) might 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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