Misadventures with smart Private Smart (Tommy Trinder). Sally: Mary Parker. Thickpenny: Rufus Cruickshank. Hortense: Dora Bryan. Obvious humor. Maurice Elvey directed., This British comedy pokes fun at the rigors of army life as it chronicles the exploits of an army surplus salesman who must serve two weeks in the reserve. There he must contend with a tough old sergeant-major whom he despises.