Synopsis
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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Cast
- Stan ShawPfc / Sgt. Tyrone Washington
- Andrew StevensPvt. Billy Ray Pike
- James CanningPvt. Alvin Foster / Narrator
- Michael LembeckPvt. Vinnie Fazio
- Craig WassonPvt. Dave Bisbee
- Scott HylandsCapt. Collins
- James Whitmore Jr.Lt. Archer
- Helen McNeelyHead Nurse
- Noble WillinghamSergeant Curry
- R. Lee ErmeySergeant Loyce
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
[Furie) retains the ability to make a picture move, grow on us and involve us. That’s what happens during The Boys in Company C. - 70
Time Out
Gruelling yet humorous look at a bunch of Marines through training and posting to Vietnam in 1968, this turns every war film cliché upside down: transistor radios grind out rock music over the life-and-death patrols, and the GIs behave less like soldiers than shambling tourists. - 60
Variety
The Boys in Company C is a spotty but okay popcorn trade drama about five young Marines and how their lives were changed by duty in the Vietnam war. Laden with barracks dialog and played at the enlisted man's level, the Raymond Chow production, directed well by Sidney J. Furie, features strong performances by some very fine actors. - 60
The New Yorker
The director, Sidney J. Furie, brings the film energy and he keeps the gags and the sentiment coming. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Although it definitely falls short of The Deer Hunter or Apocalypse Now, the film is not without interest. - 50
The New York Times
As a film about heroism, it is chiefly remarkable for its gutlessness. - 40
Washington Post
The finished film has no thematic or emotional integrity. It flip-flops withdesperate hypocrisy between clownish antics and indignant orations. [09 Feb 1978, p.B13]
