No Time for Sergeants [VHS]

starring: Andy Griffith, Nick Adams, Don Knotts, Murray Hamilton, Howard Smith
directed by: Mervyn LeRoy

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Andy Griffith burst to stardom with this surprisingly funny film adaptation of the Broadway comedy (by, of all people, Ira Levin of Rosemary's Baby fame). Griffith plays a hillbilly who is drafted into the army where, among other things, he has to wear shoes regularly for the first time. Griffith brings an engaging glee to the role of this likable bumpkin, whose happy-go-lucky demeanor is impervious to insult. Ask him to clean the latrines and he rigs the toilet seats to stand up and salute. The film follows him through basic training and into the paratroops, where he becomes an unlikely hero. A solid supporting cast includes Griffith's future sidekick, Don Knotts; Nick Adams; and, most notably, the hilariously sullen Myron McCormick. --Marshall Fine

Average Rating:

Rating: - I Want the Real Movie
Many years ago my family went to the drive-in and saw the real "No Time For Sergeants". In it, Andy Griffith created the character who has been basically the same guy in three different settings. He started out in "Sergeants" as Private Will Stockdale, a lovably doofy Air Force enlisted man. The Most Famous Hillbilly In the World changed his name in the 1960's for the small screen as Sheriff Andy Taylor in "The Andy Griffith Show", and he was still the same guy in a different uniform. As a footnote, ... Read More

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Rating: - Just what I wanted
I got the DVD version of NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS from Amazon.com. It was the original movie with Andy Griffith and Nick Adams. It was at a very reasonable price and was exactly what I wanted.

Previously, I had ordered a DVD from another site. The other site had billed their DVD as being Andy Griffith in NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS. It was priced nearly three times higher than the Amazon DVD and was more like an old, very brief TV promo for the movie, with Andy Griffith giving highlights of ... Read More

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Rating: - great comedy
I had been looking for this movie for a long time, I was afraid to order it without seeing the movie first because I was afraid the movie would have poor quailty. But it was great!! The sound and picture were better than I hoped.

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Rating: - Great Stuff
Really interesting to see Andy, the down home but cool dude sheriff of Mayberry, so early in his career that he is cast as a Gomer Pyle kind of character. Nuff said, watch and enjoy!

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Rating: - I'm glad to get a pressed DVD release but...
what exactly is the criteria these days for Warner Bros. putting films on DVD versus dumping them into the Warner Archive? In the last year this is one of the very rare pressed classic releases by Warner - or anyone else for that matter -while films that could have been part of a very sellable noir set such as Highway 301, Rancho Notorious, and Nora Prentiss get cheap burn jobs. I just don't get it. But I digress.

This is really worth watching for two reasons. It is obviously a blueprint for ... Read More