The Boys in Company C

Feb 2, 1978

2h 5m

★ 6.5

To keep their sanity in an insane war, they had to be crazy.

Overview

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.

Genres

War

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Orange Sky Golden Harvest

Good Times Films S.A.

The Boys in Company C Trailers

Cast

Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington

Stan Shaw

Pvt. Billy Ray Pike

Andrew Stevens

Pvt. Alvin Foster / Narrator

James Canning

Pvt. Vinnie Fazio

Michael Lembeck

Pvt. Dave Bisbee

Craig Wasson

Capt. Collins

Scott Hylands

Lt. Archer

James Whitmore Jr.

Head Nurse

Helen McNeely

Sergeant Curry

Noble Willingham

Sergeant Loyce

R. Lee Ermey

Sergeant Aquilla

Santos Morales

Bit Part (uncredited)

Henry Strzalkowski

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