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She's in the Army Now is a film of genre Comedy directed by Hy Averback with Kathleen Denise Quinlan
She's in the Army Now (1980)
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Add to a movie listShe's in the Army Now is a 1981 made-for-television comedy-drama film starring Kathleen Quinlan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Melanie Griffith, Susan Blanchard and Julie Carmen as five young women who join the army. It premiered as the ABC Friday Night Movie on May 15, 1981.
The film was a pilot for a television series which never materialized and it also followed the success of Goldie Hawn's movie, Private Benjamin, which itself spawned a television series in the spring of 1981.
Synopsis
Cass (Quinlan), Rita (Curtis), Sylvie (Griffith), Virginia (Blanchard) and Yvette (Carmen) are five beautiful Women's Army Corps recruits attached to the United States Army's 3rd Platoon of Alpha Company at Fort Jackson. Although they are raw recruits, their drill sergeant, Sgt. Reed (MacLachlan), sees them as future soldiers. The proposal relates the women's efforts to train to become soldiers while also dealing with their personal problems. During and by the end of their basic training, they discover that a soldier's life is more than a uniform and that strength doesn't always depend on the size of their muscles.Actors
Kathleen Denise Quinlan
(Pvt. Cass Donner)
Jamie Lee Curtis
(Pvt. Rita Jennings)
Melanie Griffith
(Pvt. Sylvie Knoll)
Julie Carmen
(Pvt. Yvette Rios)
Janet MacLachlan
(Sgt. Reed)
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