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. Broadway premiere of no time for sergeants, as will stockdale received theatre world award in 1956 for outstanding debut of a performer and tony award nomination for best featured. Its peacetime in the army, but laughter abounds as a hayseed private. Nick adams and andy griffith in no time for sergeants 1958. Watch the full length movie of no time for sergeants online or on the fios mobile app. No time for sergeants is a 1958 american comedy film directed by mervyn leroy starring andy griffith and. Army during world war ii and assigned to the united states army air forces. No time for sergeants 1958 sergeant king myron mccormick thinks backwoods hillbillyturnednew recruit will stockdale andy griffith might the dumbest private ever to join the air force. With andy griffith, myron mccormick, nick adams, murray hamilton. Andy griffith went on to play the same character in the broadway version and in a movie of the same. The story first appeared as a bestselling comic novel by georgia native mac hyman. No time for sergeants came to the small screen in the fall of 1964. Instead, he found success on broadway with an adaptation in 1956 of mac hymans novel no time for sergeants, in which andy griffith made his name as a hillbilly drafted into the us airforce. The play, and then the movie were popular enough to spawn a series of comic books under the same no time for sergeants title, running from 1958 through the 1964 television series.
By this point, griffith and knotts were both established as stars of the andy griffith show and were no longer available. 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. Watch no time for sergeants online verizon fios tv. The television series no time for sergeants starred sammy jackson who had had one line in the film version. No time for sergeants original, play, comedy, broadway opened in new york city oct 20, 1955 and played through sep 14, 1957.
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. Just log on to your verizon account and watch the latest shows online. Drawing on his world war ii service as a photo navigator, hyman worked. Search results for no time for sergeants dvd netflix. Watch no time for sergeants movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. No time for sergeants rent movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray.