No Time For Sergeants

Starring: Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, Nick Adams, et al.

Product Description

Will Stockdale (Andy Griffith) is a garrulous, innocent hillbilly serving in the Air Force. Crotchety Sergeant King (Myron McCormick) takes an instant dislike to Will and determines to make his life miserable. He orders him to clean latrines, telling him their captain is especially fond of clean latrines. Will makes the latrines sparkle but also blurts out King's comments to the captain. Deciding he must get Will out of his squad, King gives him the answers to a classification test, only to have Will mate the answers with the wrong questions. Later Will is presumed lost when his plane flies into an atomic test. At a ceremony awarding him a posthumous medal, Will blithely turns up. He is given a second medal to keep his mouth shut.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 883929109951
• Release Date: January 2010
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Warner Home Video
• Director: Mervyn LeRoy
• Starring: Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, Nick Adams, Murray Hamilton, Howard Smith, Will Hutchins, Sydney Smith
• Runtime: 1 hour, 59 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Black & White; Original recording remastered; Restored; Subtitled; NTSC
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

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The story starts with a laid-back scene from the backwoods of Georgia. Rather reminds you of “Sgt. York.” Will Stockdale (Andy Griffith) is being drafted into the U.S. Air Force. There, he makes friends with new inductee Benjamin B. 'Ben' Whitledge, who informs Will that it is the infantry that does the real fighting and that the Air Force is just their helpers. So, the two of them set out to be transferred to the infantry. We will see how simple it is to transfer. No Time for Sergeants brings back all the sights and sounds that you are familiar with in the military, especially the induction process. They even included military attitudes. What makes this so funny is the proximity to reality. You have met these people in all walks of life. From Irvin S. Blanchard (Murray Hamilton), who has a bad case of the ROTC. To Major General Eugene Bush (Howard Smith), who unwittingly gives an inspiring eulogy to (I am not saying). One fun part of watching the movie is not really the movie but recognizing all the actors, some from the original play, others who look like a retrospective of the “Andy Griffith Show.” The situations, hopefully, are not as easily recognized. Be sure to watch the PLO (Permanent Latrine Orderly).