Carry On Sergeant

Carry On Sergeant
Original UK quad poster
Directed byGerald Thomas
Written byNorman Hudis
Produced byPeter Rogers
Kenneth Myers
StarringWilliam Hartnell
Bob Monkhouse
Shirley Eaton
Eric Barker
Dora Bryan
Bill Owen
Kenneth Connor
Charles Hawtrey
Kenneth Williams
Terence Longdon
Norman Rossington
Hattie Jacques
Gerald Campion
CinematographyPeter Hennessy
Edited byPeter Boita
Music byBruce Montgomery
Production
company
Peter Rogers Productions
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • 31 August 1958 (1958-08-31)[1]
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£73,000[2]
Box office£500,000 (UK)

Carry On Sergeant is a 1958 British comedy film about national service starring William Hartnell, Bob Monkhouse and Eric Barker; it is the first in the series of Carry On films, with 31 entries released from 1958 to 1992. The film was based on a play The Bull Boys by R. F. Delderfield and was adapted into a script by Norman Hudis with John Antrobus contributing additional material and replacing the conscripted ballet dancers of the novel with a married couple. It was directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers, a partnership which would last until 1978. Actors in this film, who went on to be part of the regular team in the series, were Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor and Terry Scott. The film was followed by Carry On Nurse 1959.

  1. ^ "60 Years of Carry On". Art & Hue. 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. ^ Carry on cashing in Leigh, Andrew. The Observer (1901–2003) [London (UK)] 18 October 1970: 17.