No Time For Sergeants (1958)

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Product Details: No Time For Sergeants (1958)

Edition:: VHS . See other editions
MPAA Rating:: Unrated
Release Date:: 06/27/1995
UPC:: 030889103431
Directed by:: Mervyn LeRoy
Featuring:: Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, Nick Adams. See all cast

Synopsis: No Time For Sergeants (1958)

Synopis: Star Andy Griffith's comedic timing is perfect in a role that helped make him a national celebrity. Griffith is Will Stockdale, a country bumpkin who is drafted into the air force during the cold war. Sergeant King (Myron McCormick) is a lifer pleased with the ease and repetition of his path, which ends abruptly with the arrival of the naive Southerner. King fumes and schemes in an effort to control the company damage that derives from Stockdale's bumblings and terminal curiousity. The company psychiatrist proves no match for Stockdale's backwoods wisdom, and death itself is defeated when Stockdale shows up to his own funeral in one of the funniest scenes in the film. Griffith's comic rendering of Stockdale is surpisingly three-dimensional, combining intelligence and warmth with bizarre misconceptions about his place in the world as an army inductee. The supporting cast is also excellent, including Don Knotts, Nick Adams, Benny Baker, and Jamie Farr.

User Reviews: No Time For Sergeants

Truly a unknown classic!!!
, December 8, 2002
Reviewer: decisive629 - See all decisive629's reviews

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Andy Griffith is such a talented actor. I remember when I loved watching his show, but soon heard about this movie. I loved every minute of it! This is so funny, there are so many lines and scenes that just crack me up! PLO! GOLLLEEEE!!!

I am 25, but this movie is so funny, and so do a lot of friends my age also agree. I don't know if Andy did any other movies, but this has to be his best.

I strongly recommend this. I'm 25, I remember seeeing this movie when I was 15 and loved it and still do!

Check it out!!! ...

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All Time Calssic
, November 5, 2002
Reviewer: Brian - See all Brian's reviews

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Andy Griffith in a great role as asouthern boy drafted into the Air Force during the cold war soon after WWII. Funny from the start and never lets up. Silly at times but funny nonetheless. I'm sure it was when he was doing this role that he thought up Gomer Pyle and Barney Fife. Classic, one of the all time great flicks. ...

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