As a disciplinary measure, the Army transfers a heavy-handed Major to a ROTC academy where he must shape-up cadets and improve the school's overall ratings.As a disciplinary measure, the Army transfers a heavy-handed Major to a ROTC academy where he must shape-up cadets and improve the school's overall ratings.As a disciplinary measure, the Army transfers a heavy-handed Major to a ROTC academy where he must shape-up cadets and improve the school's overall ratings.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
Joey D. Vieira
- Cadet Corporal Scawalski
- (as Donald Keeler)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCharlton Heston received no salary for this movie. He took a percentage of the box-office profits instead. According to his autobiography, it turned out to be a good deal as the film was financially successful and that he received residual checks "for years".
- GoofsWhen Major Benson and Dr. Lambert are speaking to each other in his office immediately after the Tiger potential vomiting incident, Benson's tie is in a different position when he is filmed from the front than when he is filmed from the side.
- Quotes
John: Are you the new soldier fella?
Major Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson: Yeah.
John: You got a lot of ribbons, what do they stand for?
Major Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson: Good conduct.
Featured review
Clumsy
Cutesy little comedy that tries hard but trips over its own obviousness. Hard-nosed army Major Charlton Heston is unwillingly dispatched to a lax military school to shape up the boys' failing ROTC program. There's an immediate clash of backgrounds that provides some comedic potential, but I suspect this is a film Heston would just as soon forget. The trouble is he's miscast-- Moses just doesn't do pratfalls well. And here, unfortunately, he does a lot of them. The comedy is clumsily done, with a real lack of timing , and is not helped by the many blaring close-ups of the precious little Tim Hovey, who I'm sure many find adorable-- which he may be, but in very small doses. After about the 20th close-up of "how cute I am", my dinner began to rebel. I kept wishing a really digestible kid like Alfalfa or Spanky had been available . With a more jaundiced eye, better direction, and appropriate casting, this might have made a humorous little 90 minutes. As it stands, the only interest is to aficionados of early Sal Mineo.
helpful•33
- dougdoepke
- Feb 27, 2007
- How long is The Private War of Major Benson?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Der Privatkrieg des Major Benson
- Filming locations
- St. Catherine's Military School - 215 N. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim, California, USA(Sheridan Military Academy)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $600,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
Top Gap
By what name was The Private War of Major Benson (1955) officially released in India in English?
Answer