Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with a working girl is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself.

• DirectorTaylor Hackford
• Release28 July 1982
• Genre
  Drama / Romance
• Duration2h 4m
• Budget$7,500,000
• Revenue$129,795,554
• Rate
  

  7.0
  1137 reviews
• Productions

  Paramount Pictures, Lorimar Film Entertainment