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The Boys in Company C(1978)
Status: Released
Date: 1978-02-02
65%
80 Votes
Time: 2h 5m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Hong Kong,
Philippines,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Good Times Films S.A.
Movie: The Boys in Company C
Top 10 Billed Cast
Stan Shaw
Pfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington
Andrew Stevens
Pvt. Billy Ray Pike
Michael Lembeck
Pvt. Vinnie Fazio
Craig Wasson
Pvt. Dave Bisbee
Scott Hylands
Capt. Collins
James Whitmore Jr.
Lt. Archer
Noble Willingham
Sergeant Curry
R. Lee Ermey
Sergeant Loyce
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