Stripes
- Release Date
- June 25, 1981
- Director
- Ivan Reitman
- Cast
- Bill Murray , Harold Ramis , Warren Oates , P.J. Soles , Sean Young , John Candy
- Runtime
- 106
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Writers
- Len Blum , Daniel Goldberg , Harold Ramis
- Tagline
- The story of a man who wanted to keep the world safe for democracy...and meet girls.
Summary
Thanks to a run of bad luck and go-nowhere jobs, John convinces Russell to join the army so they can get in shape, likening it to a health spa. Once in boot camp, wiseguy John tangles with his by-the-book Sgt. and becomes the unofficial leader for his platoon, made up mostly of other misfits and assorted losers. After somehow making it through graduation, they are given a special assignment but, thanks to John's romantic interest in a pretty MPO, the other men wind up behind the Iron Curtain until John, Russell, their dates and Sgt. Hulka make a daring rescue attempt in explosive style.
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