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Overview
Release Date:
28 March 1958 (Finland) moreTagline:
Nobody knew he had a girl--not even the girl! morePlot:
Technical Sergeant Jim Moore is one of the toughest Drill Instructors on Parris Island. But he's got a thorn in his side: Pvt... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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no one has done it better moreCast
(Credited cast) | Jack Webb | ... | Sgt. Jim Moore |
 | Don Dubbins | ... | Pvt. Owens |
| Jackie Loughery | ... | Annie |
 | Lin McCarthy | ... | Capt. Anderson |
| Monica Lewis | ... | Burt (as Matt Davis) |
| Virginia Gregg | ... | Mrs. Owens |
| Jeannie Beacham | ... | Hostess |
| Lou Tobin | ... | Bartender at Cotton Club |
| Earle Hodgins | ... | Guard |
| Jeanne Baird | ... | Mother at Woman's Store |
| Barbara Pepper | ... | Woman |
| Melody Gale | ... | Little Girl at Woman's Store |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| William E. Smith | ... | Pvt. Douglas McKinley |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
106 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Certification:
Finland:K-16MOVIEmeter: 
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Many real-life Marines are extras in the movie. moreQuotes:
TSgt Moore: Out on that drill field yesterday, you people were miserable. You people ain't even a mob. A mob's got a leader. You people are a herd. I'm gonna get me a sheep dog! moreFAQ
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I had the good fortune to be at Perris Island in the fall of 1959. The DI showed one evening at the outdoor theater directly in front of our barracks, Plt 162, B Co, 1st Bn, 1st ITR.
Although we hadn't been there long enough to even think about seeing a movie, we could hear those that were laughing. It's one of the many indelible memories of my thirteen weeks at PI.
At some later date, I got to actually see it in a theater. I'm still convinced that, to date, it remains the most realistic portrayal of the experience in the late 1950's ever done. No one has done it better than Jack Webb...