Reluctant Heroes
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. It's 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 the British Film Institute
 

1952 films
1952 comedy films
British comedy films
1950s English-language films
Films directed by Jack Raymond
British films based on plays
Military humor in film
1950s British films
Films shot at Riverside Studios
English-language comedy films