Recently, i bought the dvd so i could show it to my. Watch no time for sergeants online stream full movie. Nick adams and andy griffith in no time for sergeants. Mccormick preferred stage acting, but was tempted by the good money into a few movie roles, including as paul newmans poolshark accomplice in the stark drama the hustler. No time for sergeants 1958 official trailer andy griffith, murray hamilton movie hd. Army during world war ii and assigned to the united states army air forces. Andy griffith played the role on tv and the stage and gets his chance to show how humorous he is in this, his second film, after a sensational debut. No time for sergeants is a 1958 american comedy film directed by mervyn leroy starring andy griffith and featuring myron mccormick, don knotts and most of the original broadway cast. 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 letterboxd your life in film. Too bad that george burns never guested on no time for sergeants. Director mervyn leroy and screenwriter john lee mahin were assigned to the crowdpleasing film version of no time for sergeants, which became one of. Watch no time for sergeants movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. No time for sergeants andy griffith myron mccormick nick adams 1958 a georgia rube andy griffith joins the peacetime air force and talks back to his sergeant myron mccormick.
No time for sergeants was filmed and released by warner bros. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. His character in no time for sergeants is closer to gomer and goober pyle than it is to the sherriff andy taylor who became so familiar to television audiences. No time for sergeants movie news and cast updates tv guide. If andy griffith had left show business after creating the role of will stockdale in no time for sergeants, on stage and screen, and lonesome rhodes in a face in the crowd, he would have earned his. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. No time for sergeants is a 1957 american comedy film directed by mervyn leroy starring andy griffith and featuring myron mccormick, don knotts and most of the original broadway cast. Naturally, during this time in hollywood when successful broadway plays were irresistible bait for proven film properties, no time for sergeants was optioned by warners and producerdirector mervyn leroy warners goto director for important play adaptations, with the original cast of andy griffith and myron mccormick with don knotts. No time for sergeants is a 1958 comedy starring andy griffith as a georgia farm boy that gets drafted into the air force. Rent no time for sergeants 1958 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world.
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 movie mistakes, goofs and. This was a movie my local tv station played over and over when i was growing up, and i saw it several times. Ten days later jackson was told to come to the studio to test.
No time for sergeants, starring andy griffith a very funny movie with andy as a country bumpkin who gets drafted and causes chaos in the. While, strictly speaking, not the same story, the concept of gomer pyle. When jackson read that warner brothers was going to produce a 1964 abc television sitcom, no time for sergeants, he wrote directly to jack l. Watch no time for sergeants starring andy griffith in this comedy on directv. In this film you can see the origins of griffiths lasting fame as a goodoldboy comedian. Although no time for sergeants was set in the air force, gomer pyle was set in the marines, and of course, gomer. 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.
Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Even today, more than 50 years after no time for sergeants was made, the film works as a comedy. If you find our videos helpful you can support us by buying something from amazon. Rent no time for sergeants 1958 starring andy griffith and myron mccormick on dvd and bluray. Nick adams and andy griffith in no time for sergeants 1958. I had seen bits and pieces of the this movie over the years. Home before dark 1958 was a drama about a womans jean simmonss efforts to readjust to a normal life after spending a year. With andy griffith, myron mccormick, nick adams, murray hamilton. Mervyn leroys film was one of the most popular peacetime service comedies of the 1950s, taking its place beside mister. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical. No time for sergeants was originally an unfunny and episodic novel by some guy named mac hyman, that somehow got turned into a hit broadway play by ira levin.
From the college comedy circuit, to broadway with the stage version of no time for sergeants and then into the movies, griffith rose steadily through the ranks of comedians until he achieved virtual immortality with the longrunning andy. Warner saying that he was the best choice for the role and asked warner to examine a certain maverick episode as proof. Find video, photos, forums, and much more for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. This tv version was soon afterward transformed into a broadway play, and then a movie, again with griffith in the lead.
The film was directed by mervyn leroy and starred griffith, mccormick, knotts, and. No time for sergeants 1958 official trailer andy griffith, murray. No time for sergeants came to the small screen in the fall of 1964. The television series no time for sergeants starred sammy jackson who had had one line in the film version. Director mervyn leroy and screenwriter john lee mahin were assigned to the crowdpleasing film version of no time for sergeants, which. No time for sergeants film jump to navigation jump to search. No time for sergeants is a 1958 american comedy film directed by mervyn leroy starring andy griffith and. No time for sergeants film by leroy 1958 britannica. Usmc 1964 was a very close copy of the situation depicted in this film. There has never been an official release of this movie. Karachi traffic sergeants unaware of traffic signs haha. 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. Every few years a hit movie puts a dent in the old adage that shows about rural bumpkins are box office poison.
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 movie trailer and videos tv guide. Warner brothers contract player nick adams joined the cast as stockdales fellow military draftee benjamin b. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in no time for sergeants 1958.
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