Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But a motley bunch they turn out to be, and it's up to Grimshawe to put the no-hopers through their paces.
William Hartnell
as Sergeant Grimshawe
Bob Monkhouse
as Charlie Sage
Shirley Eaton
as Mary Sage
Eric Barker
as Captain Potts
Dora Bryan
as Norah
Bill Owen
as Corporal Bill Copping
Charles Hawtrey
as Peter Golightly
Kenneth Connor
as Horace Strong
Kenneth Williams
as James Bailey
Terence Longdon
as Miles Heywood
Norman Rossington
as Herbert Brown
Gerald Campion
as Andy Calloway
