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Summary
Gunnery Sergeant Jim Moore is one of the toughest Drill Instructors on Parris Island. But he's got a thorn in his side: Pvt. Owens, who always seems to foul up when the pressure's on.
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Audiences 76GoodWatch 74
Audience score79%
IMDb7.3
Running time
1 h 46 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109106Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 17 countries
Released
1957
May 30, 1957
69 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
22 of 22
Jack WebbGunnery Sgt. Jim Moore
Don DubbinsPvt. Owens
Jackie LougheryAnne
Lin McCarthyCapt. Anderson
Monica LewisBurt
Virginia GreggMrs. Owens- JBJeannie BeachamHostess
- LTLou TobinBartender at Cotton Club
Earle HodginsGuard- JBJeanne BairdMother at Woman's Store
Barbara PepperWoman Customer- MGMelody GaleLittle Girl at Woman's Store
- JTJohn T. AhernPvt. Castro
- CMCharles M. GoldenPvt. Labarsky
- JCJoseph C. HolmesPvt. Madison
- CACharles A. LovePvt. Hillbilly
- PJPeter J. O'NeillPvt. Rodriguez
- PEPaul E. PrutzmanSgt. Braver
- GLGordon L. SeiplePvt. Carver
- WEWilliam E. SmithPvt. Douglas McKinley
- DEDouglas E. WilsonPvt. Franklin
- LCLaurence C. Windsor Jr.Pvt. Severeign
Directing · 1
- Jack Webb Director
Writing · 1
- James Lee Barrett Screenplay
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