No Time for Sergeants (film)

No Time for Sergeants
1958 film poster
Directed byMervyn LeRoy
Written byJohn Lee Mahin
Based onMac Hyman (novel)
Ira Levin (play)
Produced byMervyn LeRoy
Alex Segal
StarringAndy Griffith
Myron McCormick
Nick Adams
Murray Hamilton
Narrated byAndy Griffith
CinematographyHarold Rosson
Edited byWilliam H. Ziegler
Music byRay Heindorf
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • May 29, 1958 (1958-05-29)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$7.5 million (US and Canada rentals)[1][2]

No Time for Sergeants is a 1958 American comedy film based on a play by Ira Levin, which was inspired by the original novel. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, it stars Andy Griffith and features Myron McCormick, Don Knotts and most of the original Broadway cast, joined by Murray Hamilton and Warner Bros. contract player Nick Adams.

  1. ^ Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M174.
  2. ^ "Top Grossers of 1958". Variety. 7 January 1959. p. 48. Please note figures are for US and Canada only and are domestic rentals accruing to distributors as opposed to theatre gross