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No Time for Sergeants

  • 1958
  • Approved
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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Nick Adams, Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Myron McCormick, and Jean Willes in No Time for Sergeants (1958)
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Will Stockdale is a country bumpkin from Georgia who is drafted into the United States Air Force and is too dumb to realize that he is driving everyone around him crazy, no one more so than ... Read allWill Stockdale is a country bumpkin from Georgia who is drafted into the United States Air Force and is too dumb to realize that he is driving everyone around him crazy, no one more so than Sergeant King.Will Stockdale is a country bumpkin from Georgia who is drafted into the United States Air Force and is too dumb to realize that he is driving everyone around him crazy, no one more so than Sergeant King.

  • Director
    • Mervyn LeRoy
  • Writers
    • John Lee Mahin
    • Ira Levin
    • Mac Hyman
  • Stars
    • Andy Griffith
    • Myron McCormick
    • Nick Adams
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mervyn LeRoy
    • Writers
      • John Lee Mahin
      • Ira Levin
      • Mac Hyman
    • Stars
      • Andy Griffith
      • Myron McCormick
      • Nick Adams
    • 70User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast55

    Andy Griffith
    Andy Griffith
    • Pvt. Will Stockdale
    Myron McCormick
    Myron McCormick
    • Sgt. Orville C. King
    Nick Adams
    Nick Adams
    • Pvt. Ben Whitledge
    Murray Hamilton
    Murray Hamilton
    • Irving S. Blanchard
    Howard Smith
    Howard Smith
    • Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
    Will Hutchins
    Will Hutchins
    • Lt. George Bridges
    Sydney Smith
    Sydney Smith
    • Maj. Gen. Vernon Pollard
    James Millhollin
    James Millhollin
    • Maj. Royal B. Demming (psychiatrist)
    • (as James Milhollan)
    Don Knotts
    Don Knotts
    • Cpl. John C. Brown
    Jean Willes
    Jean Willes
    • WAF Captain
    Bartlett Robinson
    Bartlett Robinson
    • Captain
    Henry McCann
    • Lt. Cover
    Dub Taylor
    Dub Taylor
    • McKinney
    William Fawcett
    William Fawcett
    • Pa Stockdale
    Raymond Bailey
    Raymond Bailey
    • Base Colonel
    Thomas Browne Henry
    Thomas Browne Henry
    • Senator
    • (unconfirmed)
    Malcolm Atterbury
    Malcolm Atterbury
    • Bus Driver with Applications
    • (uncredited)
    Benny Baker
    Benny Baker
    • Capt. Jim Able
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Mervyn LeRoy
    • Writers
      • John Lee Mahin
      • Ira Levin
      • Mac Hyman
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      This film was Don Knotts' debut. He met Andy Griffith when he played the same part in the Broadway play version of "No Time for Sergeants." When Griffith was preparing to film the TV series The Andy Griffith Show (1960), Knotts contacted him and suggested that he needed someone to play his deputy. Griffith agreed and Knotts was cast. The two formed a lifelong friendship. After Knotts left The Andy Griffith Show (1960), he later made guest appearances on both it and another later TV series that Griffith also starred in, Matlock (1986). In 2006, Griffith broke the news of Knotts' death to the media.
    • Goofs
      Throughout the entire film, the lowest ranking military personnel are referred to as Privates and Corporals. But when the Air Force became a separate service in 1947 (about 10 years before the time that is depicted in the film), the names of the ranks below Staff Sergeant were changed to Airman Basic, Airman Third Class, Airman Second Class, and Airman First Class. The general term "Airman" is appropriate for all of these, and should have been used instead of Private and Corporal.
    • Quotes
      • Maj. Demming: Do you get along all right with your mother?
      • Will Stockdale: No, sir, I can't hardly say that I do...
      • Maj. Demming: Oh, I see. She's very strict with you; she's always hovering over you, hmm?
      • Will Stockdale: No, sir, just the opposite.
      • Maj. Demming: Oh, she's never there?
      • Will Stockdale: That's right.
      • Maj. Demming: And you, uh, you resent this neglect, don't you?
      • Will Stockdale: Well, no, sir. I don't resent nothin'.
      • Maj. Demming: Ah, come now, son. Now don't be bashful - that's a common situation. Does, uh, she beat you?
      • Will Stockdale: Naw!
      • Maj. Demming: [chuckles] Oh, so defensive. Well, it's not easy to talk about your mother, is it?
      • Will Stockdale: No sir, see, she died when I was born.
    • Connections
      Followed by No Time for Sergeants (1964)
    • Soundtracks
      When My Dream Boat Comes Home
      (uncredited)
      Written by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin
      The first tune played at the Purple Grotto

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    Details

    • Release date
      • July 5, 1958 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Blindgänger der Kompanie
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 14, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 59m(119 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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