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The Boys in Company C (1978)

The Boys in Company C (1978)

War

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

Release Date: 1978, February 2
Directors: Sidney J. Furie
Countries: Hong Kong, Philippines, United States of America
Production: Columbia Pictures, Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Good Times Films S.A.
Cast: R. Lee Ermey, Santos Morales, Henry Strzalkowski, Stan Shaw, Noble Willingham, Craig Wasson, James Canning, Scott Hylands, Helen McNeely

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.

Keywords:

army vietnam war vietnam football (soccer) basic training