A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
Acting
Eastwood's snarl could curdle milk; Mario Van Peebles excellent as the mouthy foil.
Writing
Dialogue written by someone who definitely got punched in a bar once.
Practical Effects
Grenade scene actually used live explosives—Eastwood's face says it all.
Director
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Gunnery Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' Highway
Marsha Mason
Aggie
Everett McGill
Major Malcolm A. Powers
Moses Gunn
Staff Sergeant Webster
Mario Van Peebles
Corporal 'Stitch' Jones
Eileen Heckart
Little Mary Jackson
Bo Svenson
Roy Jennings
Boyd Gaines
Lieutenant M.R. Ring
Arlen Dean Snyder
Sergeant Major Choozoo
Vincent Irizarry
Fragetti
Tom Villard
Profile
Begonya Plaza
Private Aponte's Wife
Peter Jason
Major G.F. Devin
Mike Gomez
Private Quinones
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Marine Corps initially refused cooperation because they hated the 'renegade sergeant' stereotype—then the film became a recruitment tool anyway.
This is pure Reagan-era military fantasy: the grizzled Vietnam vet finally gets his redemption war against vague Latin American communists.
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