No time for sergeants is a 1957 american comedy film directed by mervyn leroy starring. Knotts appears as a corporal administering a classification test to andy complete with hilarious results. No time for sergeants 1958 approved 1h 59min comedy, war 5 july 1958 usa will stockdale is a country bumpkin drafted into the air force and too dumb to realize hes driving everyone around him crazy, no one more than sergeant king. Watch no time for sergeants online 1958 movie yidio. Andy griffith matlock, the andy griffith show and myron mccormick repeat their roles from ira levins hit broadway play. Andy griffith and james millhollin in no time for sergeants 1958. The concluding scene has will and ben in a b25 flying into an arena when the army plans to detonate an abomb. The story first appeared as a bestselling comic novel by georgia native mac hyman. If you find our videos helpful you can support us by buying something from amazon. No time for sergeants is the definitive andy griffith movie. Nick adams and andy griffith in no time for sergeants 1958.
No time for sergeants was produced during a simpler time when comedy was more straightforward and less profane. Be the first to ask a question about no time for sergeants. The irony again is that everybody mistakes will for an idiot when he has more common sense that most of them. No time for sergeants 1958 sergeant king myron mccormick thinks backwoods hillbillyturnednew recruit will stockdale andy griffith might the dumbest private ever to join the air force. This was a movie my local tv station played over and over when i was growing up.
Find video, photos, forums, and much more for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. No time for sergeants watch full episodes and clips. The influence of this lighthearted comedy was also quite enduring. No time for sergeants chronicles the comedic misadventures of a country bumpkin named will stockdale, brilliantly protrayed by andy griffith, who is drafted into the u. No time for sergeants is a 1954 bestselling novel by mac hyman, which was later adapted into a teleplay on the united states steel hour. It shows us a sweet but ignorant boy from the backwoods who makes his sergeant suffer and the whole u. Army during world war ii and assigned to the united states army. With andy griffith, myron mccormick, nick adams, murray hamilton. No amount of assured performances, though, can paste over problems with no time for sergeantss script. The hit service comedy no time for sergeants 1958 captured the spirit of ira levins broadway show and laid the groundwork for andy griffiths television career. The film in no time for sergeants, andy griffith plays will stockdale, a young man from the back woods of georgia who is drafted into the air force.
No time for sergeants is a 1958 comedy starring andy griffith as a georgia farm boy that gets drafted into the air force. Army during world war ii and assigned to the united states army air forces. Andy griffith, nick adams, murray hamilton, don knotts, myron mccormick, mervyn leroy. No time for sergeants is one of those comedies that just seemed to work in every format. The book chronicles the misadventures of a country bumpkin named will stockdale who is drafted into the u. No time for sergeants 1958 official trailer andy griffith, murray hamilton movie hd. No time for sergeants is one of those popular properties with a long record of success prior to the film version and an extended influence beyond it, inspiring spinoffs and imitations and boosting the careers of several of its principals. No time for sergeants 1958 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses. Will stockdale is a country bumpkin drafted into the air force and too dumb to realize hes driving everyone around him crazy, no one more than sergeant king.
No time for sergeants is a 1958 comedy starring andy griffith, myron mccormick, and don knotts and based on the novel of the same name by mac hyman. I first watched this movie when i was ten years old. Drawing on his world war ii service as a photo navigator, hyman worked. Permanent latrine orderly, and keeping him away from his. Other articles where no time for sergeants is discussed. No time for sergeants is a 1954 bestselling novel by mac hyman, which was later adapted into a teleplay on the united states steel hour, a popular broadway play and 1958 motion picture, as well. Army during world war ii and assigned to the united states. Jamie farr and andy griffith in no time for sergeants 1958. Sergeant king myron mccormick thinks backwoods hillbillyturnednew recruit will stockdale andy griffith might the dumbest private ever to join the air force. No time for sergeants is a 1954 bestselling novel by mac hyman, which was later adapted into a teleplay on the united states steel hour, a popular broadway play and 1958 motion picture, as well as a 1964 television series. Martinson will is the innocent victim of grandpa andersons oldfashioned magic act. No time for sergeants is a 1958 american comedy film directed by mervyn leroy starring andy griffith and. No time for sergeants 1958 official trailer andy griffith, murray. Even today, more than 50 years after no time for sergeants was made, the film works as a comedy.
Somehow, all kings attempts to make stockdale look foolish backfire, and one of them even finds the sergeant demoted to private by his. No time for sergeants 1958 movie promo the essentials. A series of misunderstandings begin when he is mistaken for a draft dodger as a result of his pa never letting him see his induction letters. No time for sergeants film by leroy 1958 britannica. Great old time comedy my first memory of no time for sergeants was at the age of 5 in 1968, it came on one afternoon after the cartoons, and even at that young age i was laughing hysterically. Its peacetime in the army, but laughter abounds as. I know plenty of people seem to love face in the crowd and truly, he is wonderful in that film but no time for sergeants is even better. Home before dark 1958 was a drama about a womans jean simmonss efforts to. The book was adapted for tv, a broadway play, and a movie. No time for sergeants was based on a novel by mac hyman and first adapted as a stage play by ira levin best known for writing the novel rosemarys baby. No time for sergeants 1958 official trailer andy griffith, murray hamilton movie hd hillbilly, will stockdale, drafted into the united states. Multiple links are listed since a different versions exist and b many scripts posted become unavailable over time.
Staring myron mccormick, nick adams, murray hamilton and don knotts. Having just proved that will andy griffith can read, pa william fawcett reluctantly concedes to letting him leave with the draft board man dub taylor, early in no time for sergeants, 1958 view the tcmdb entry for no time for sergeants 1958. No time for sergeants 1958 movie clip be christian. Mac hymans bestselling novel was adapted by ira levin into a hit play in 1955, was adapted again for tv in the same year you can find that version on criterions region 1 the golden age of television set before ultimately making it to the big screen in. No time for sergeants the 1958 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio.
Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today. No time for sergeants 1958 full movie download full hd. No time for sergeants pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released no time for sergeants pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie. Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. Mac hymans hilarious barracks novel no time for sergeants was adapted for tv by ira levin in 1955, with newcomer andy griffith as bumptious air force draftee will stockdale. No time for sergeants screenplay scripts on screen. When king puts him permanently in charge of the latrines, stockdale thinks its a promotion. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. The story of a marine grunt in the first battle of khe sanh april 1967 duration.
Andy griffith plays a complete hayseed who is drafted into the air force and subsequently drives his sergeant crazy. The first 90 minutes of the film work perfectly even though theres a major plot hole thats never adequately explained. I had seen bits and pieces of the this movie over the years. Watch no time for sergeants full movie in hd visit movies. Nick adams, andy griffith, myron mccormick, and howard smith in no time for sergeants 1958.
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