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Reluctant Heroes
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Wikipedia article
'Reluctant Heroes' is a 1951 British comedy filmed in Technicolor. It is based on the farce by Colin Morris. Directed by Jack Raymond, it stars Ronald Shiner as Sergeant Bell. It was produced by Henry Halsted and Byron Film. The play, which had premiered at the Whitehall Theatre the previous year, was the first of the Brian Rix company's Whitehall farces.Ray Cooney [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/sep/08/guardianobituaries.books Obituary: John Chapman], 'The Guardian', 8 September 2001
Plot summary
This comedy is set in an army boot camp. It displays a drill sergeant who must somehow turn an inept group of recruits into real soldiers.
Cast
*Sergeant Bell - Ronald Shiner
*Michael Tone - Derek Farr
*Gloria Dennis - Christine Norden
*Horace Gregory - Brian Rix
*Trooper Morgan - Larry Noble
*Pat Thompson - Betty Empey
*Penny Roberts - Angela Wheatland
*Sgt. McKenzie - Anthony Baird
*Capt. Percy - Colin Morris
*Lt. Virginia - Elspet Gray
Reception
Box office
The film is listed in the 12 most popular films at the British box-office in 1952, in an article in the Sydney 'Sunday Herald' that cited Ronald Shiner as the UK's favourite film star of the year..Brian Rix asserts in his autobiography that it was the UK's top box office film of the year.Rix, B. (1975) My Farce From My Elbow, Secker & Warburg, London.
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