The bond of friendship between a worldly-wise Army Master Sergeant and his naive worshiper.The bond of friendship between a worldly-wise Army Master Sergeant and his naive worshiper.The bond of friendship between a worldly-wise Army Master Sergeant and his naive worshiper.
Diane Sayer
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- TriviaIn the beginning, Eustis Clay is seen admiring a parked sports car. It is a 1962 or early 1963 Shelby AC Cobra, one of the first cars Carroll Shelby made, and extremely valuable.
- GoofsAs mentioned above in another goof note, Sergeant Maxwell Slaughter may be a combat veteran of two wars. Unless he rose up in ranks within 10 years (this movie is copyright 1963,) his ribbons and awards on his chest do not reflect the two Korean awards he should be wearing. The Korean War Medal for serving within Korea. And/or Korean War Service Medal for serving anywhere during the conflict dates.Additionally, he should also be awarded The United Nations Service Medal for Korea (UNKM).
- ConnectionsFeatured in TCM Guest Programmer: Richard Kind (2016)
- SoundtracksListen to the Mockingbird
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Music by Richard Milburn
[Background source music as an instrumental at county fair]
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An Imitation of (Army) Life
For all its heavy-handed sterotyping of hick Southerners(the real backbone of our armed services) and its Hollywood ham hocks accents, this film offers some fine-tuned dramatics and genuinely poignant moments. Gleason's performance couldn't be improved upon, and perhaps Tuesday Weld is just too pretty for some critics to be convinced she can act, but she demonstrates real pathos in her fair scene with Gleason, for instance. It's a shame someone didn't tell Steve McQueen to tone it down. Maybe they did and he didn't listen. He portrayal is too often off pace and far too broad. Goldman's story does not lend itself well to the grinning goofiness of, say, "No Time for Sergeants." McQueen's true acting genius does not come through here until the final scene and it's a shame. There are some fine moments throughout, nevertheless.
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- Gross US & Canada
- $2,090,000
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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