[ Band Plays ""The Caisson Song’"] [ Band Continues ]

Description: A failed businessman is hired by the army to teach a group of underachieving recruits in order to help them pass basic training.

Cast:
Bill Rago: Danny DeVito
Sergeant Cass: Gregory Hines
Captain Tom Murdoch: James Remar
Jack Markin: Ed Begley Jr.
Pvt. Donnie Benitez: Lillo Brancato
Pvt. Miranda Myers: Stacey Dash
Pvt. Jamaal Montgomery: Kadeem Hardison
Pvt. Jackson Leroy: Richard T. Jones
Pvt. Roosevelt Nathaniel Hobbs: Khalil Kain
Pvt. Brian Davis, Jr.: Peter Simmons
Pvt. Melvin: Gregory Sporleder
Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood: Mark Wahlberg
Colonel James: Cliff Robertson
Private Oswald: Ben Wright
Bill's Secretary: Ann Cusack
Young Executive #1: Jeb Brown
Young Executive #2: Paul Abbott
U Love to Rent Voice: Nat Mauldin
Paperboy: Hakiem Greenhut
Bum: Roy K. Dennison
Mrs. Coleman: Jenifer Lewis
Emily Rago: Alanna Ubach
MP at Gate: Matt Keeslar
MP Directing Traffic: Gary DeWitt Marshall
Captain Murdoch's Aide: Leon Pridgen
Bartender: J.J. Nettles
Company Commander: Thomas D. Houck
Male Platoon Drill Sergeant: Ronald Elder
Female Platoon Drill Sergeant: Shelia Logan
MP: Jose Ortez
Officer: Laurence Irby
Female Private: Belinda Fairley
Laundry Private #1: Christopher James Baker
Laundry Private #2: Sal Rendino
Laundry Truck Driver: Gary T. McTague
Colonel James' Aide: Alexander Zmijewski
Marie: Isabella Hofmann
Shana Leroy: Samaria Graham
Florist: Michael Haley
Graduation Drill Sergeant: Daniel Bateman
Graduation Sergeant Major: Alphonsa Smith
Customs Officer: Jim Ochs
Henry V.: Don Reilly
Henry V. Lead Archer: Randy Hall
Child in Unemployment Office: Laura Anderson
Mother with Children in Unemployment Office: Lynn Anderson
Graduation Soldier: John R. Barrett
Mess Hall Recruit: Hedgie Bartol
Spectator at Tigers Game Behind Bill Rago: Jim Burnstein
Male Private: Christopher Mims
Background Soldier: Jennifer Havlen
Main Platoon: General Fermon Judd Jr.
Traffic Jam Pedestrian: Michael Kallio
Spectator at Shakespeare play: Robin J. Meyer
Soldier: Geoff Ramsey
Extra: Theodore Carl Soderberg
Pvt. Young: Kristian Sorensen
Pvt. Wilson: Jay Wilson

Written by: Jim Burnstein

Director: Penny Marshall

Production: Cinergi Pictures, Touchstone Pictures

Release date: 03 Jun 1994

Box Office: $24,332,324