![]() They manage to escape with their lives, but all evidence suggests that they've been killed in the plane's crash. The story goes off on a zany tangent when Will and Ben find themselves on a crippled plane in flight. ![]() ![]() Later on, King tries to pull strings to get Will transferred, succeeding only in losing his sergeant's stripes. Slowly becoming aware that the trusting, naïve Will may prove to be a troublemaker, career sergeant King (Myron McCormick), who wants nothing more out of life than a little peace and quiet, tries to keep Stockdale out of mischief by appointing him "PLO" - Permanent Latrine Orderly, a dubious distinction in which Will takes enormous pride. Will's best pal is hot-headed private Ben (Nick Adams), who wants to be transferred to the Infantry and convinces Will to try for the same goal. Especially nasty is Private Irvin (Murray Hamilton), but Will is able to forgive him because he knows that Irvin is suffering from some mysterious disease called ROTC. Brought to the Air Force base in handcuffs because his farmer father has been hiding his draft notices, good-natured Will becomes the target of ridicule for the other transcripts. ![]() This TV version was soon afterward transformed into a Broadway play, and then a movie, again with Griffith in the lead. Was adapted for TV by Ira Levin in 1955, with newcomer Andy Griffith as bumptious Air Force draftee Will Stockdale. ![]()
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