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Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes63%
Metacritic53/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
1,158 audience votes
Key crew
- Lennie NiehausOriginal Music Composer
- James CarabatsosScreenplay
- Joseph StinsonScreenplay
- Dennis HackinScreenplay
- Clint EastwoodDirector
Cast
- Clint EastwoodGunnery Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' Highway
- Marsha MasonAggie
- Everett McGillMajor Malcolm A. Powers
- Moses GunnStaff Sergeant Webster
- Mario Van PeeblesCorporal 'Stitch' Jones
- Eileen HeckartLittle Mary Jackson
- Bo SvensonRoy Jennings
- Boyd GainesLieutenant M.R. Ring
- Arlen Dean SnyderSergeant Major Choozoo
- Vincent IrizarryFragetti
- Ramón FrancoPrivate Aponte
- Tom VillardProfile
