The Boys in Company C

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Directed by

Sidney J. Furie

Starring (View all)

Stan Shaw
Tyrone Washington

Andrew Stevens
Billy Ray Pike

James Canning
Alvin Foster

Michael Lembeck
Vinnie Fazio

Craig Wasson
Dave Bisbee

Scott Hylands
Capt. Collins

James Whitmore Jr.
Lt. Archer

Noble Willingham
Sgt. Curry

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Rick Natkin
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Sidney J. Furie
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Description: This war drama (which prefigures the later "Full Metal Jacket") follows the lives of five young Marine inductees from their training in boot camp in 1967 through a tour in Vietnam in 1968 that quickly 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 ... (more)

Tags: Vietnam War (3), War (2), Drama (1), Soccer (1), Friendship (1), Military (1), Marines (1), Heroism (1), 70's (1), Marine (1), 1978 (1), USMC (1), Columbia Pictures (1)

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" First Viewing Viewing Date: July 31st Via: Blu-ray Plot: In 1967, five young men undergo boot camp training before being shipped out to Vietnam. Once they get there, the experience proves worse than they could have imagined. Rating: 7.2/10 Why Did I Watch It? This has been on my list of war movies to watch for many years. The recent Blu-ray release spurred my interest in it again."