Sgt. Bilko
The film centers on U.S. Army Sgt. Bilko, a conniving motor pool supervisor who uses his position to finance various get-rich-quick schemes, including illegal gambling, at a Kansas military base. After his old nemesis shows up, intent on ruining his career and stealing his girlfriend Bilko must take extra care to cover his tracks while concocting the perfect scheme to take down his foe.
1962, Detroit, Michigan, USA
1 July 1952, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
6 June 1967, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
27 May 1961, New York City, New York, USA
2 January 1967, Pasadena, California, USA
13 June 1956, USA
26 September 1932, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
29 August 1970, Pittsburg, California, USA
24 August 1966, Topeka, Kansas, USA
9 February 1963, Marietta, Georgia, USA
16 June 1970, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 February 1951, Glendale, California, USA
September 23, 2007
We've seen it before, almost frame for frame, in every other service comedy, especially Stripes.
May 19, 2008
[A] celebration of high jinks.
January 01, 2000
This Sgt. Bilko should be court-martialed.
April 09, 2005
A big disappointment.
May 19, 2008
Martin's Bilko is a career grifter who comes out on top every time. He's a Bilko for the nasty '90s, oily and smug.
May 19, 2008
Though Martin and a solid supporting cast produce a few scattered moments of near-hilarity, for the most part the terrain here is as flat as it gets.
June 24, 2006
This is shoddy hackwork, replaying classic scenarios (the honest new recruit, audits by Pentagon bigwigs and manoeuvres in Nevada) with such disregard for narrative structure the reels might be in the wrong order.
May 19, 2008
Aside from the sheer insanity of trying to leap into the shoes of the irreplaceable Phil Silvers, surely Martin should have recognized that the film had no script, no gags and no discernible point.
February 19, 2003
CLassic Stevey Martin full of great one-liners.
June 18, 2002
Wacky is just the right tone for a spring comedy.
March 27, 2003
There is lots of yelling.
August 30, 2004
The film is full of gratifying gags like these, but it also has to strain for newly enlarged scope.
