| Matthew Modine | Private Joker (Private/Sergeant J.T. Davis)/Narrator |
| Adam Baldwin | Animal Mother |
| Vincent D'Onofrio | Private Gomer Pyle (Leonard Lawrence) |
| R. Lee Ermey | Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, Drill Instructor |
| Dorian Harewood | Private Eightball |
| Arliss Howard | Private Cowboy |
| Kevyn Major Howard | Private Rafterman |
| Ed O'Ross | Lieutenant Walter J. "Touchdown" Tinoshky |
A Marine and his companions endure basic training under a sadistic drill sergeant and fight in the 1968 Tet offensive.
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