Reluctant Heroes
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| Directed by | Jack Raymond |
| Produced by | Henry Halstead (as Henry Halsted) |
| Written by | Colin Morris |
| Based on | the play Reluctant Heroes by Colin Morris |
| Starring | Ronald Shiner Derek Farr Christine Norden |
| Music by | Tony Lowry |
| Cinematography | James Wilson |
| Edited by | Helen Wiggins |
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Production
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Henry Halstead Productions (as Byron Films)
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| Distributed by | Associated British-Pathé (UK) |
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Release dates
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1951 |
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Running time
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80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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[1][2] or as Sergeant Able.[2] 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.[3]
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
The film is listed in the 12 most popular movies at the British box office in 1952, in an article that cited Ronald Shiner as UK's favourite film star of the year.[4] Brian Rix asserts in his autobiography that it was the UK's top box office film of the year.[5]
References
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- Reluctant Heroes at AllMovie
- Reluctant Heroes at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Reluctant Heroes at IMDb
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Reluctant Heroes at IMDb
- ↑ Ray Cooney Obituary: John Chapman, The Guardian, 8 September 2001
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- ↑ Rix, B. (1975) My Farce From My Elbow, Secker & Warburg, London.
