Plot
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.
Cast
William Hartnell
Sergeant Grimshawe
Bob Monkhouse
Private Charlie Sage
Shirley Eaton
Mary Sage
Eric Barker
Captain Potts
Dora Bryan
Norah
Bill Owen
Corporal Bill Copping
Charles Hawtrey
Private Peter Golightly
Kenneth Connor
Private Horace Strong
Kenneth Williams
Private James Bailey
Terence Longdon
Private Miles Haywood
Norman Rossington
Private Herbert Brown
Gerald Campion
Private Andy Calloway
Crew
Gerald Thomas
Director
Norman Hudis
Screenplay
Peter Hennessy
Director of Photography
Peter Rogers
Producer
John Antrobus
Writer
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