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Reluctant Heroes is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ronald Shiner, Derek Farr and Christine Norden. It is based on the popular farce of the same title by Colin Morris. The play, which had its West End premiere at the Whitehall Theatre in September 1950, was the first of the Brian Rix company's Whitehall farces. The film was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith in West London. Its sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.
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
Ronald Shiner as Sergeant Bell
Derek Farr as Michael Tone
Christine Norden as Gloria Dennis
Brian Rix as Horace Gregory
Larry Noble as Trooper Morgan
Betty Empey as Pat Thompson
Angela Wheatland as Penny Roberts
Anthony Baird as Sgt. McKenzie
Colin Morris as Captain Percy -
Elspet Gray as Lieutenant Virginia
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.
References
External links
Reluctant Heroes at AllMovie
Reluctant Heroes at the British Film Institute
Reluctant Heroes at IMDb
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