“To keep their sanity in an insane war, they had to be crazy.”
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.
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
The Boys in Company C is a war film released in 1978 exploring themes of vietnam war, vietnam, army, football (soccer), basic training. Directed by Sidney J. Furie, it stars Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, James Canning. 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.
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