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It’s all about a Dad . . . a Draftee . . . and a Detonation heard round the camp!
Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But a motley bunch they turn out to be, and it's up to Grimshawe to put the no-hopers through their paces.
Bob Monkhouse
Private Charlie Sage
William Hartnell
Sergeant Grimshawe
Shirley Eaton
Mary Sage
Eric Barker
Captain Potts
Dora Bryan
Norah
Bill Owen
Corporal Bill Copping
Charles Hawtrey
Private Peter Golightly
Kenneth Connor
Private Horace Strong
Kenneth Williams
Private James Bailey
Terence Longdon
Private Miles Haywood
Norman Rossington
Private Herbert Brown
Gerald Campion
Private Andy Calloway
Hattie Jacques
Captain Clark
Cyril Chamberlain
Stores Sergeant
Arnold Diamond
Fifth Specialist
Martin Boddey
Sixth Specialist
Frank Forsyth
Second Specialist
Basil Dignam
Third Specialist
Alec Bregonzi
First Storesman
Terry Scott
Sergeant Paddy O'Brien
Edward Judd
Fifth Storesman
Ed Devereaux
Sergeant Russell
Leigh Madison
Sheila
Bernard Kay
Injured Recruit
Jack Smethurst
First Recruit
Brian Jackson
Second Recruit
Graydon Gould
Ninth Recruit
Don McCorkindale
Third Recruit
Henry Livings
Twelfth Recruit
Derek Martinus
Recruit
James Villiers
Seventh Recruit
Helen Goss
Mary's Mother (uncredited)
Martin Wyldeck
Mr. Sage (uncredited)