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This war drama follows the lives of five young Marine inductees from their training in boot camp in 1967, through a tour of Vietnam in 1968 that devolves into a hellish nightmare. Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own company commander, the young men find a possible way out of the war. They are told that if they can defeat a rival soccer team they can spend the rest of their tour playing exhibition games behind the lines. But, as they might have predicted, nothing in Vietnam is as simple as it seems.
Original Release
02/02/1978
US Release
02/02/1978
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Stan Shaw | Tyrone Washington / Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington |
Andrew Stevens | Billy Ray Pike / Pvt. Billy Ray Pike |
James Canning | Alvin Foster / Pvt. Alvin Foster / Narrator |
Michael Lembeck | Vinnie Fazio / Pvt. Vinnie Fazio |
Craig Wasson | Dave Bisbee / Pvt. Dave Bisbee |
Scott Hylands | Capt. Collins |
James Whitmore Jr. | Lt. Archer |
Noble Willingham | Sgt. Curry / Sergeant Curry |
R. Lee Ermey | Sgt. Loyce / Sergeant Loyce |
Santos Morales | Sgt. Aquilla / Sergeant Aquilla |
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Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Stan Shaw | Tyrone Washington / Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington |
Andrew Stevens | Billy Ray Pike / Pvt. Billy Ray Pike |
James Canning | Alvin Foster / Pvt. Alvin Foster / Narrator |
Michael Lembeck | Vinnie Fazio / Pvt. Vinnie Fazio |
Craig Wasson | Dave Bisbee / Pvt. Dave Bisbee |
Scott Hylands | Capt. Collins |
James Whitmore Jr. | Lt. Archer |
Noble Willingham | Sgt. Curry / Sergeant Curry |
R. Lee Ermey | Sgt. Loyce / Sergeant Loyce |
Santos Morales | Sgt. Aquilla / Sergeant Aquilla |
Drew Michaels | Col. Metcalfe |
Karen Hilger | Betsy |
Peggy Neal | Nancy Bisbee |
Claude Wilson | Roy Foster |
Chuck Doherty | George Pike |
Israel Cisco Oliver | Spoon |
Stan Johns | Receiving Sergeant |
Don Gordon Bell | Junior D.I |
Bob Mallett | Hank |
Parris Hicks | Oates |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Raymond Chow | Executive Producer |
Dennis Juban | Producer |
Andre Morgan | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1979 | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture Acting Debut - Male | Nominated |