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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Norman Hudis (screenplay)
John Antrobus (additional material)
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Release Date:
August 1958 (UK) more
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Tagline:
It's an On-the-Ball Riot About an Off-Limits Romance more
Plot:
Sergeant Grimshaw wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very... more | full synopsis
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(3 articles)
'Carry On' producer Peter Rogers dies
 (From digitalspy. 16 April 2009, 2:54 AM, PDT)

Peter Rogers Dies
 (From EmpireOnline. 16 April 2009, 1:53 AM, PDT)

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The first Salvo from the Carry on Cannon more (27 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
William Hartnell ... Sergeant Grimshawe
Shirley Eaton ... Mary Sage
Eric Barker ... Captain Potts
Dora Bryan ... Norah
Bill Owen ... Corporal Bill Copping
Charles Hawtrey ... Peter Golightly
Kenneth Connor ... Horace Strong
Kenneth Williams ... James Bailey
Terence Longdon ... Miles Heywood
Norman Rossington ... Herbert Brown
Gerald Campion ... Andy Calloway
Hattie Jacques ... Captain Clark
Cyril Chamberlain ... Gun Sergeant
Arnold Diamond ... Fifth Specialist
Gordon Tanner ... First Specialist
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Carry on Sergeant! (UK) (poster title)
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Runtime:
84 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #19423) | Australia:G (DVD rating) | Australia:PG (VHS rating) | Finland:K-8

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Trivia:
The first film in the "Carry On..." series. A further thirty were produced until 1992. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Captain Potts pins the chart to the training progress board, the board has the intake as No.29 but when the prize giving is announced near the end of the film it is announced as the prize giving for the 60th intake more
Quotes:
Captain Potts: Your rank?
James Bailey: Well, that's a matter of opinion.
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Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V) more

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14 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
The first Salvo from the Carry on Cannon, 22 April 2004
Author: MartynGryphon from Coventry, England

Great film and a good start to the most successful and longest lived film comedy series in history. Unlike the later films this film and all Carry On's till about 1965/66 relied less on the trademark bawdy humour but on comedy scenario, which in someways makes the early Carry on's more endearing than their successors. Kenneth Connor as Hypocondriac Horace Strong is gut-wrenchingly funny. Other regulars also make their Carry On debuts in this first movie such as Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques, Charles Hawtrey and Terry Scott, (Although 10 years would elapse before Scott would make his next Carry On appearance). The early films had their own set of regulars, and Eric Barker, Bill Owen, (Yes THE Bill Owen), and Terence Longden, would make regular appearences thoughout these formative years. The Romantic Leads were played by The late, great Bob Monkhouse, (Yes! THE Bob Monkhouse), and Shirley Eaton, (Yes! Goldfinger's Shirley Eaton), and it's a shame that Bob Monkhouse never made another Carry on movie, but he decided to become a household name on British TV as Mr Gameshow himself. The Title role is wonderfully played by William Hartnell (Yes! Dr Who William Hartnell). Watch this movie it's funny as hell.

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