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27 June 1958 (West Germany) morePlot:
Will Stockdale is a country bumpkin drafted into the Air Force and too dumb to realize he's driving everyone around him crazy -- no one more than Sgt. King. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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One of the very best comedies more (35 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Andy Griffith | ... | Pvt. Will Stockdale | |
| Myron McCormick | ... | Sgt. Orville C. King | |
| Nick Adams | ... | Pvt. Benjamin B. 'Ben' Whitledge | |
| Murray Hamilton | ... | Irving S. Blanchard | |
| Howard Smith | ... | Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush | |
| Will Hutchins | ... | Lt. George Bridges (pilot) | |
| Sydney Smith | ... | Maj. Gen. Vernon Pollard | |
| James Millhollin | ... | Maj. Royal B. Demming (psychiatrist) | |
| Don Knotts | ... | Cpl. John C. Brown (Dexterity) | |
| Jean Willes | ... | WAF captain | |
| Bartlett Robinson | ... | Captain | |
| Henry McCann | ... | Lt. Cover | |
| Dub Taylor | ... | McKinney (draft board man) | |
| William Fawcett | ... | Pa Stockdale | |
| Raymond Bailey | ... | Base Colonel |
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This was Don Knotts' first film. He met Andy Griffith when Knotts had a small part in Broadway's "No Time For Sergeants". Griffith remembered Knotts when he was looking for someone to play bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960). The two formed a lifelong friendship, with Knotts later making guest appearances on Griffith's TV series "Matlock" (1986). In 2006, Griffith even broke the news of Knotts' passing to the media. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: Although the film is about the Air Force, the credits are superimposed over a picture of Army sergeant's chevrons. Air Force sergeant stripes are of a completely different design (like those worn by Master Sergeant King in the movie). moreQuotes:
[Will and Ben are waiting in the General's office and hear the ceremony over the P.A]Voice of announcer: General Bush has just taken his place on the reviewing stand. And now the four lieutenants who braved the atomic blast and will receive the air medal are bravely mounting the platform.
Benjamin B. Whitledge: The lieutenants? They're alive! They're gettin' medals! They're heroes!
Will Stockdale: Gollee!
Benjamin B. Whitledge: If we'd a stayed on the plane, we'd a been heroes.
Voice of announcer: It is a solemn moment, ladies and gentlemen. The many visiting dignitaries standing at attention; the flag at half-mast in honor of the two men who gave their lives in Operation Prometheus: Privates Stockdale and Whitledge.
Will Stockdale, Benjamin B. Whitledge: [together] Stockdale and Whitledge?
Voice of announcer: Yes. Stockdale and Whitledge... names that will live as long as men are free.
Will Stockdale: We are heroes, Ben!
Benjamin B. Whitledge: But we ain't dead!
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Remake of "The United States Steel Hour: No Time for Sergeants (#2.14)" (1955) moreFAQ
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Movies like this are what they're taking about when they talk of classic comedies. This was the movie version of a Broadway stage hit that ran forever, and anyone who watches this film will readily understand why. Andy Griffith is absolutely perfect as Will Stockdale and Nick Adams, Sergeant King and Don Knotts fit their parts like a glove. They simply don't make many comedies that are as flat out funny as this one. They never did and still don't.