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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Clint Eastwood | ... | Highway | |
| Marsha Mason | ... | Aggie | |
| Everett McGill | ... | Major Powers | |
| Moses Gunn | ... | Sgt. Webster | |
| Eileen Heckart | ... | Little Mary | |
| Bo Svenson | ... | Roy Jennings | |
| Boyd Gaines | ... | Lieutenant Ring | |
| Mario Van Peebles | ... | Stitch | |
| Arlen Dean Snyder | ... | Choozoo | |
| Vincent Irizarry | ... | Fragetti | |
| Ramón Franco | ... | Aponte (as Ramon Franco) | |
| Tom Villard | ... | Profile | |
| Mike Gomez | ... | Quinones | |
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Rodney Hill | ... | Collins |
| Peter Koch | ... | 'Swede' Johanson | |
1983. Tom Highway is a well-decorated career military man in the United States Marine Corps, he who has seen action in Korea and Vietnam. His current rank is Gunnery Sergeant. His experiences have led him to become an opinionated, no nonsense man, who is prone to bursts of violence, especially when he's drunk, if the situation does not suit him, regardless of the specifics or people involved. Because of these actions, he has spent his fair share of overnighters behind bars. Close to retirement, one of his last assignments, one he requested, is back at his old unit at Cherry Point, North Carolina, from where he was transferred for insubordination. He is to train a reconnaissance platoon. His superior officer, the much younger and combat inexperienced Major Malcolm Powers, sees Highway as a relic of an old styled military. Highway's commanding officer, Lieutenant Ring, the platoon leader, is also a younger man who has no combat experience, but is academically inclined and happy-go-lucky... Written by Huggo
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I had forgotten how funny this film really is. Shown on British TV last night, I found myself laughing like a loon all the way through it. Being a big fan of Eastwood, it's been quite a while since re-viewing this mini classic. And although it does take a drastic turn at the end, with a slightly misjudged comment on war, this is by far his funniest movie.
I also found that his character is his most interesting. A hard, no-nonsense gunnery sergeant who looks for advice in women's magazine is a dream characterization. And the one-liners are perfectly attacked.
I did find Mario Van Peebles character a little annoying, but then I suppose that was the whole point, and it's always good to see Marsha Mason, who I think is totally underrated as a screen actress.
But this is Eastwood's movie, through and through and a real delight. See it, but don't take the ending too seriously.