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** Creator/DoraBryan's character is called "Nora'''h'''" but the name also been called "Nora" from time to time.

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** Creator/DoraBryan's character is called "Nora'''h'''" but the name has also been called given as "Nora" from time to time.

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* InconsistentSpelling:
** The distributing media don't know whether to write Creator/WilliamHartnell's character's surname as either "Grimshaw" or "Grimshaw'''e'''". Neither does the film itself, as the former spelling is used on the door of his quarters, and the latter is used on the chart showing the progress of his squad.
** Creator/DoraBryan's character is called "Nora'''h'''" but the name also been called "Nora" from time to time.



* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
** The distributing media don't know whether to write Creator/WilliamHartnell's character's surname as either "Grimshaw" or "Grimshaw'''e'''". Neither does the film itself, as the former spelling is used on the door of his quarters, and the latter is used on the chart showing the progress of his squad.
** Creator/DoraBryan's character is called "Nora'''h'''" but the name also been called "Nora" from time to time.
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''Carry On, Sergeant'' is a 1958 British black-and-white SummerBlockbuster that began the popular ''Film/CarryOn'' film series, which was known for its UniversalAdaptorCast of recurring comic actors. It starred Creator/BobMonkhouse, Creator/WilliamHartnell, Creator/ShirleyEaton, Creator/EricBarker, Creator/DoraBryan, Creator/BillOwen, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/KennethWilliams, Creator/TerenceLongdon, Creator/NormanRossington, and Gerald Campion.

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''Carry On, Sergeant'' is a 1958 British black-and-white SummerBlockbuster that began the popular ''Film/CarryOn'' film series, which was known for its UniversalAdaptorCast of recurring comic actors. It starred Creator/BobMonkhouse, Creator/WilliamHartnell, Creator/ShirleyEaton, Creator/EricBarker, Creator/DoraBryan, Creator/BillOwen, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/KennethWilliams, Creator/TerenceLongdon, Creator/NormanRossington, and Gerald Campion.
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''Carry On, Sergeant'' is a 1958 British black-and-white SummerBlockbuster that began the popular ''Film/CarryOn'' film series, which was known for its UniversalAdaptorCast of recurring comic actors. It starred Creator/BobMonkhouse, Creator/WilliamHartnell, Creator/ShirleyEaton, Creator/EricBarker, Creator/DoraBryan, Creator/BillOwen, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/KennethWilliams, Creator/TerenceLongdon, Norman Rossington, and Gerald Campion.

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''Carry On, Sergeant'' is a 1958 British black-and-white SummerBlockbuster that began the popular ''Film/CarryOn'' film series, which was known for its UniversalAdaptorCast of recurring comic actors. It starred Creator/BobMonkhouse, Creator/WilliamHartnell, Creator/ShirleyEaton, Creator/EricBarker, Creator/DoraBryan, Creator/BillOwen, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/KennethWilliams, Creator/TerenceLongdon, Norman Rossington, Creator/NormanRossington, and Gerald Campion.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Creator/HattieJacques, who played Captain Clark, the Medical Officer, was a nurse in the VAD during UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo.

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* ActorSharedBackground: Creator/HattieJacques, who played Captain Clark, the Medical Officer, was a nurse in the VAD during UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo.



** An uncredited Creator/TerryScott as SGT O'Brien in a one-scene wonder.
** Hattie Jacques, at the time best known for a radio career spanning over a decade and later to become a ''Carry On'' regular, appears as a medical officer named Clark.

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** An uncredited Creator/TerryScott as SGT O'Brien in a one-scene wonder.
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** Hattie Jacques, Creator/HattieJacques, at the time best known for a radio career spanning over a decade and later to become a ''Carry On'' regular, appears as a medical officer named Clark.



* DrillSergeantNasty: Grimshawe is a downplayed example of this, trying calmer methods than usual in what is going to be his last squad. Corporal Copping fits the role to a T, however.

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* DrillSergeantNasty: Grimshawe is a downplayed example of this, trying calmer methods than usual in what is going to be his last squad. Corporal Copping fits the role to a T, tee, however.



* EitherOrTitle: One of R. F. Delderfield's original treatments was titled ''The and the Short and the Tall'' or ''This Side of the Ocean''.

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* EitherOrTitle: One of R. F. Delderfield's original treatments was titled ''The Long and the Short and the Tall'' or ''This Side of the Ocean''.



** Longdon's character (Miles Heywood) came from a traditional upper class background with the stereotypical easy air of command, to the point he was initially mistaken for an officer candidate when he arrived to start his national service.

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** Longdon's character (Miles Heywood) came from a traditional upper class upper-class background with the stereotypical easy air of command, command to the point he was initially mistaken for an officer candidate when he arrived to start his national service.



* IronicName: Horace's surname is Strong. He believes he is anything but, and is a regular visitor to the camp's medical office (to the mounting frustration of Medical Officer Clark).

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* IronicName: Horace's surname is Strong. He believes he is anything but, but and is a regular visitor to the camp's medical office (to the mounting frustration of Medical Officer Clark).

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