A hippie walks into a Marine base. The war is Vietnam, but the real battle is conformity.
A Marine Corps drill instructor who is disgusted by the fact that the Corps now accepts draftees finds himself pitted against a hippie who has been drafted but refuses to accept the military's way of doing things.
Acting
Darren McGavin's drill sergeant is terrifyingly human, not caricature.
Writing
Smart script that respects both sides of the generation gap.
Director
Joseph Sargent
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