Reluctant Heroes

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Reluctant Heroes

Australian daybill poster
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
Production
company
Henry Halstead Productions (as Byron Films)
Distributed by Associated British-Pathé (UK)
Release dates
 1951
Running time
 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

Reception

The film is listed in the 12 most popular movies 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.[4] Brian Rix asserts in his autobiography that it was the UK's top box office film of the year.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Reluctant Heroes (1951) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  2. 1 2 Reluctant Heroes at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ Ray Cooney Obituary: John Chapman, The Guardian, 8 September 2001
  4. ↑ "COMEDIAN TOPS FILM POLL.". The Sunday Herald. Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 28 December 1952. p. 4. Retrieved 24 April 2012..
  5. ↑ Rix, B. (1975) My Farce From My Elbow, Secker & Warburg, London.


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