Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hong Kong SAR China, Philippines, United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
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 purposely lose a soccer game against a South Vietnamese team, they can spend the rest of their tour playing exhibition games behind the lines.
- vietnam war
- vietnam
- army
- football (soccer)
- basic training
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Stan Shaw
Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington
Andrew Stevens
Pvt. Billy Ray Pike
James Canning
Pvt. Alvin Foster / Narrator
Michael Lembeck
Pvt. Vinnie Fazio
- Craig Wasson — Pvt. Dave Bisbee
- Scott Hylands — Capt. Collins
- James Whitmore Jr. — Lt. Archer
- Helen McNeely — Head Nurse
- Noble Willingham — Sergeant Curry
- R. Lee Ermey — Sergeant Loyce
- Santos Morales — Sergeant Aquilla
- Henry Strzalkowski — Bit Part (uncredited)
- Rick Natkin — Soldier at Long Khe
- Directed
- Sidney J. Furie
- Written
- Rick Natkin, Sidney J. Furie
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 82 ratings
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures, Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Good Times Films S.A.
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
