Eugene, an aspiring writer from Brooklyn, is drafted into the US Army during the final months of World War II. For his basic training, the Army sends him to Camp Shelby in Mississippi, where toil, bad food, and antisemitic jibes await. Eugene takes refuge in his sense of humor and in his diary, but they won't protect him in a battle of wills with an unstable drill sergeant.
Matthew Broderick
as Eugene Morris Jerome
Christopher Walken
as Sgt. Toomey
Matt Mulhern
as Joseph Wykowski
Corey Parker
as Arnold B. Epstein
Markus Flanagan
as Roy Selridge
Casey Siemaszko
as Don Carney
Michael Dolan
as James J. Hennesey
Penelope Ann Miller
as Daisy
Park Overall
as Rowena
Alan Pottinger
as Peek
Mark Jacobs
as Pinelli
David Kienzle
as Corporal
