The Boys in Company C

The Boys in Company C

To keep their sanity in an insane war, they had to be crazy.

R 1978 · 125 min · ★ 6.5 · War

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.

Directed by Sidney J. Furie · Written by Rick Natkin

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