Jack Webb, all class. Was a great actor, director, producer. Was rich, went broke, got rich again. He stiffens right up with clenched fists when he does the dramatic stuff. I hope to meet him in the great dragnet in the sky.
You know what's great about this? Webb doesn't have a retarded hair cut, he doesn't run around and scream like a lunatic asshole. He is a deeply effective, methodical, maker of Marines. As a former Marine, I appreciate the depiction.
Wow. This is brilliantly shot and filmed and acted and scored and edited! I wonder if it influenced Stanley Kubrick's film Full Metal Jacket? This film needs to be seen on cable a lot more! Great stuff! I became a Jack Webb fan when the 1987 film Dragnet was released!
Jack Webb's experience as an actual Marine D. I. shows in this movie. Webb's absolute attention to detail made the shows Dragnet, Adam-12, and Emergency! the classics they are.
@GOFLuvr FYI, Jack Webb was NOT a Marine, but was in the Army Air force in the '50s, do your research FIRST! I was under the same impression as well as others who saw this classic movie until I did research upon hearing that he (Jack Webb) was NOT in the Marine Corps. I'm quite sure that you DID research this on google after posting your comment (and not removing it). There are many military misnomers such as calling Marines drill "sergeants" instead of "drill instructors"
@nola305 LOL. My source was my dad (a Marine who saw the movie for himself), and since he's right more often than not, I saw no need to investigate further. How tragic that after all my trolling of vids I didn't like, that the only person I pissed off was someone on a video that I loved!
You should be the next host of Jeopardy! You can berate contestants when they get answers wrong, rather than sticking it to average joes on YouTube.
Drill Sergeants? Who in the world brought this up?!
For a civilian, He was, in his own way, as good as Louis Gossette Junior would be 35+ years later. I love this movie, and thank goodness for Jap boots or I wouldn't have it on a primo DVD!
R Lee Ermy cant carry on a conversation without using profane language. If he was forbidden to use profanity he would not be able to carry on a conversation at all..
They used to wheel out a TV and turn this freaking movie on during "free-time" every freaking night back in P.I. I hated it then (86;), and I can't watch it now...apart from the hot blond. I only tuned in because I've drank too much Armenian brandy. Oh well! Semper Fi, guys! :)
I saw this movie back in the early 60's, when I was a little kid. Didn't know to much about what was going on then. Years later, I rented it from Blockbuster, and loved it.
I really liked Jack Webb's performance, as well as those of Paul E. Prutzman, and John R. Brown.
..Rodriguez if you were completely surrounded this morning by an enemy force of 500 men what would you do?..".KILL 'EM , SIR!!!!!!!" SEMPER fuckin' Fi
Long before R. Lee Ermy's great performance in "Full Metal Jacket", there was this memorable one of a D.I. by Jack Webb. Not allowed to use any profanity when this movie was made, Webb's portrayal of a tough, no nonsense Marine Corps drill instructor is terrific and still conveys a dramatic sense of what recruits felt when faced with this symbol of authority yelling in their face.
IMHO this film shows what a great actor Jack Webb was!! I know this is the "G" rated version of Marine boot-camp--but Webb still exudes the aura of the commanding, ass-kicking, no-nonsense instructor with great realism---you would swear that he was an ex Marine DI. Great performance and a great film that still holds up well!!
I like Jack Webb, but some found his Grim-Gus Sgt. Friday persona off-putting. Even tho I don't (fully) agree, this comment on 'The D.I.' by one video retailer made me laugh:
"This movie should really be in the horror section. Can you imagine having to get up at oh-dark-thirty every morning and be put through your basic training paces by Mr. Dragnet himself? Please, just shoot me right here."
In the "grunts" if we had to go to the field on Monday morning, by Sunday afternoon all the meat sauce, Hot Sauce and Cheez Whiz was gone. AAAHHHH C-RATS now that was a meal before M.R.E.
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Candy for the most part. The slop chute is where beer is served. The smoking lamp is a term that goes back to the days of wooden sailing ships. The sailors were not allowed to have fire making materials of their own so if one wanted to light his pipe, he had to go out on deck and light it from the smoking lamp. If it was not lighted he was out of luck. Term was still used back in the 80's when the ship was taking on fuel or ammunition.
If not the best, then certainly the cleanest. My boot-camp experience was closer to Full Metal Jacket, but FMJ left out the sand fleas. Actually saw a DI give his platoon the order to scratch while standing outside the mess hall.
@daillmeskin I went to boot camp in 1979,and we were issued 2 cartons of cigarettes,but our S.D.I. didnt allow us to smoke.So a few of the recruits would go in the head at night and stand on the shitter and UA smoke.Then one day the S.D.I. ordered a cigarette inspection and the D.I.'s inspected everyones cartons.7 recruits had packs missing,they became the "magnificent 7".Everytime we had classroom time,The D.I.'s called for the Magnificent 7."Well I Aint sweating yet". Semper Fi
What was probably going through the minds of the Marine extra's in this movie?: "I sure hope he (Mr Webb) utter the F-bomb, then he'll REALLY portray the D.I."
K228usmc, I completely hear you. I saw this movie in full back in 1997 and was laughing during this scene and throughout. Jack Webb managed to be hard-hitting without using any four-letter words, as they weren't allowed back then. But still, his dialogue was comical, no less.
I saw this movie before I joined the Marine Corps, and I thought, heck, boot camp can't be that bad.......LOL..... little did I know that it hardly touch's the truth.
Whenever asked, our favorite Marine was John Wayne (Sands of Iwo Jima), and our favorite DI was Jack Webb !
The recruiting motto at the time was "The Marine Corps Builds Men". But they don't tell you that they take you apart, and start from scratch !
Again, "The D.I." will never grow old. I found two of D.I.s Agent Orange and Vietnam killed one. It was great to tell them "thank you". I not forget them ever. Lessons learned.
ostoja59 ,I was at mcrd san diego probably a couple of weeks ahead of you
plt 1043 1st recruit battalion,went to infantry school 0311 and was with 1st bn
9th mar at camp horno and rotation to camp hansen.i drive 18 wheelers now and a couple of years back while in Martinsburg West Virginia i stopped at a video store that was going out of business and they were selling all the videos for a couple of dollars lo and behold there was Boys In Company C so i
Now this is a small world! My first unit was echo company 2/1 at camp horno! Right in front of Eagle's peak. I still remember the club and the building we use to watch the movies. Ohhh Rahhh Semper Fi
Perhaps you were at Swab circa 1966/67 when the 101st Airborne arrived. The 4th marines ad the 101st arrived at the "Slop Chute" after a days training. A real "donnybrook.fight broke out at the enlsited club. The 4th and 101st tore the place a part. Both CO's restricted their men to the billeting area.
Wow!,I wished I could have been there for that one Ernst. Saw many a scuffle at the Enlisted Club at Schwab. My squad bay was right across the street from the "E "Club and Theatre. I was at Schwab from 79 to 81 and also Camp Fuji in the mainland
I was at Butler to begin: HML 367 then transfered to HAMS 36 at Futenma. I was there so long I met friends coming back for 2nd and 3rd rotations. They'd say, "You're back too?" I'd say, "No, I haven't left yet."
"I am not your mother! I will not wake you up like your mother does! Do you hear me!?" LOL.
You gotta love how intimidating Jack Webb's portrayal of a Drill Instructor was without using vulgarities and being sadistic such as how Lee Ermey's was in Full Metal Jacket.
ATSFMike, I'm certain that Webb's D.I. was referring to Presley since he was a household name in 1957, the year this movie came out; and because he was also famous for his sideburns.
cnm2908, you have to consider when this movie was made. it was made when foul language was taboo in movies. full metal jacket was made after foul language was acceptable. if you think that ermey's role was unrealistic then you are wrong. ermey was actually a marine di and that opening scene was completely unscripted. he was told to act as he did as a di.
Oh, I'm definitely aware of the restrictions of that time. I was just simply recognizing Jack Webb's abilities as an actor and the scriptwriters' abilities to make some powerful dialogue without resorting to four letter words. I was aware of Ermey's history and never said his portrayal was unrealistic. I only said that Webb was effective without being like Ermey.
I wonder if D.I. Moore was referring to Elvis when he was ragging on the guy with the sideburns. Kinda figure so, as this movie came out about the same time in the 50's.
@ATSFMike I believe he was. After seeing this movie on a 'Late Show' type television program in the 1960's, it stuck to me like coins to a parking meter.
I never had the pleasure of being able to serve this great country of ours. I have brothers and a sister who have. Even though my heart and other disabilities kept me out of the service, I have the utmost respect for all the men and women who are continuing to stand to the defense of freedom worldwide, as well as the safety of the USA. I have a copy of this on VHS. I watch it whenever I need encouragement and strength. I'm also a Jack Webb Fan. Semper Fi and God Bless. Mike in Fresno, Ca.
You guys moaning about the "good old days" have NO CLUE how good these Marines of THIS era.....
My brother is a Gunnery Sgt in the CORPS RIGHT NOW and I will tell you his Marines -the ones who served and still serve with him are as good as any who have worn the Dress Blues.
II was a HM for 20 years -I retired as a Chief -aand I served in the FMF and I can tell you this: there were Marines I respected greatly and there were Marines I would not ******* on if they were on fire.
adapt improvise overcome.......we are all in it together against a corrupt wall street and wash d.c. economic and political cabal out to get mainstreet, but some of us are better prepared to do what needs to be done than those who have never served. see the other greatest movie of all time...".they died with their boots on",,,,and what errol CUSTER flynn thought about glory versus money, and politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen, in his pre ww 2 depression era message movie.
Most o ftoday's civilians would have flunked USMC Boot Camp in their youth. Those flag waving suit wearing wusses who voted for non-veteran urban elitists like Obama; the draft dodgers who ran to Canada or joined the National Guard to avoid Vietnam like Bush and Quayle. Sir no sir, they do not have the gut sto do what we did. OORAH! Platoon 1048, USMC 80-83, Bravo 1/1
It takes a different type of indiviual to go through 13 weeks (not counting forming) of pure hell to called "Marine!" My son graduates in two weeks from Parris Island and I can't wait to see the 2nd generation of Marines.
Just before getting married my fiancée and I watched this movie. A few days later at our wedding reception I turned to my bride and asked,"if you were completely surrounded this morning by all my ex's what would you do?" and my girl replied, "Kill them all!" True story.
This is great. I wish someone would put that music clip with that singer played by Jackie Loughery. That was a great tune. Jack Webb was the man. And I love his second.
ipsolocatur12, I don't have this available to upload but also wish somebody would. Jackie Loughery, who played the singer at the "slop chute" was great. She was indeed "a GOOD entah-TAY-nah!"
Pogy bait is a term used in the military for snacks, like slim jims chips and soda. This movie was made in 1957 and they still use this term to this day!
Pogey bait is snacks,candy bars,M&M's,cough drops anything that Marines that d office work or Admin work have in their desk. As a grunt we use to pole fun at the office "pogies" all the time.
That is one of the things I love about this movie. The one thing I notice is they use the word I and my. When I went through Parris Island and at one time a sgt at P.I. it was this recruit.
Full Metal Jacket is the most realistic presentation of what real boot camp was like in my experience.I was in boot camp in 84 and the movie came out in 87 and I was blown away at it's accuracy.Probably the only thing I would say that was a bit off, was the DI's in real boot camp swear non-stop it seems.Another accurate portrayl of Marine life was Clint Eastwoods Heartbreak Ridge. But this one here by Webb is good I'm sure they toned it down for the era in which the movie goers were in. OOH RAA
Love those movies to this day. I am trying to find the movie "Boys of Company C" and "Siege of Fire base glory". I remember watching them down at Camp Lejuene.
Had a drill sergeant like this back in '72. Scared hell outta ya. Then the treaty was signed. Wound up in East Germany behind the Berlin Wall, and I could still hear the voice of that basic training instructor of mine throughout the four year hitch. Best thing about basic was that every d.i. was a Vietnam or Korean veteran who only wanted to make sure you could stand up to the crap of war and military life. Being a bitch wasn't personal, just the serious business of teaching me to stay alive.
During the late 60's early 70's I use to watch this with my dad. He was retired army and in 1979 I joined the Marines. I posted two more videos from the movie.
My advice when you go to boot camp. Get in shape before you go and be prepared for the mind games and you will be fine.
Cippy2k...go fuck yourself and fuck your mother for being raped by your dad and having you.
Categorycinque 9 minutes ago
Jack Webb, all class. Was a great actor, director, producer. Was rich, went broke, got rich again. He stiffens right up with clenched fists when he does the dramatic stuff. I hope to meet him in the great dragnet in the sky.
magic591 1 week ago
Cippy2 im gonna urinte on you
soaploafz 1 week ago
This is my favorite movie. It brings back memories. Especially this barracks scene. Jack Web set the pattern for all future movies.
CaptAmerica12 2 weeks ago
The DI actually called the recruits "people"!
All that crap I heard about it being a "softer" Corps was bullshit! They were referred to as "people"
boat6float 2 months ago
4 people are comminists.
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cippy2k 3 months ago
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usmc must all die in afganistan
cippy2k 3 months ago
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@cippy2k you have no life do you
Prussian7789 2 months ago
Jack Webb: "The only thing you do not shave is your eyebrows!"
Breaking news: "The U.S. military of 2011 are getting into the fad of eyebrow shaping. Thank you DADT repeal!"
Jack Webb: -_-
BelieveIt1051 3 months ago
My grandfather is actually one of the marines in this movie.
Nickt121111 3 months ago 3
You know what's great about this? Webb doesn't have a retarded hair cut, he doesn't run around and scream like a lunatic asshole. He is a deeply effective, methodical, maker of Marines. As a former Marine, I appreciate the depiction.
Phi1350 5 months ago
Wow. This is brilliantly shot and filmed and acted and scored and edited! I wonder if it influenced Stanley Kubrick's film Full Metal Jacket? This film needs to be seen on cable a lot more! Great stuff! I became a Jack Webb fan when the 1987 film Dragnet was released!
Satchel334 5 months ago
I wished DIs can still hit recruits.
LastXdeth 6 months ago
"You burr-headed idiots"
Great stuff
BlueStarCadet08 7 months ago
Jack Webb's experience as an actual Marine D. I. shows in this movie. Webb's absolute attention to detail made the shows Dragnet, Adam-12, and Emergency! the classics they are.
GOFLuvr 7 months ago
@GOFLuvr FYI, Jack Webb was NOT a Marine, but was in the Army Air force in the '50s, do your research FIRST! I was under the same impression as well as others who saw this classic movie until I did research upon hearing that he (Jack Webb) was NOT in the Marine Corps. I'm quite sure that you DID research this on google after posting your comment (and not removing it). There are many military misnomers such as calling Marines drill "sergeants" instead of "drill instructors"
nola305 6 months ago
@nola305 LOL. My source was my dad (a Marine who saw the movie for himself), and since he's right more often than not, I saw no need to investigate further. How tragic that after all my trolling of vids I didn't like, that the only person I pissed off was someone on a video that I loved!
You should be the next host of Jeopardy! You can berate contestants when they get answers wrong, rather than sticking it to average joes on YouTube.
Drill Sergeants? Who in the world brought this up?!
GOFLuvr 6 months ago
@GOFLuvr
You're thinking of R Lee Ermey.
CaptainAmerica322 2 months ago
pogey bait & slopshut, brings a tear to an old Marines eye.
TheRetired09 9 months ago
I have to own this movie. I've seen it about a hundred times. It's great.
LordKellicos 9 months ago
Being used to seeing Jack Webb and knowing he was the same kind of
anal retentive psycho in real life as he was in the movies & on Dragnet,
its easy to assume ol' Jack carried a raging boner thru this whole scene.
GooglFascists 10 months ago
Love it !
bailey82abndiv 10 months ago
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ERROLCUSTERFLYNN4EVR 11 months ago
For a civilian, He was, in his own way, as good as Louis Gossette Junior would be 35+ years later. I love this movie, and thank goodness for Jap boots or I wouldn't have it on a primo DVD!
skudaarkaat1 11 months ago
Jack made a GREAT D.I.
golfdude2007 11 months ago
R Lee Ermy cant carry on a conversation without using profane language. If he was forbidden to use profanity he would not be able to carry on a conversation at all..
toxickavenger 1 year ago
OOH F'ng Rah!!!
ua2la 1 year ago
They used to wheel out a TV and turn this freaking movie on during "free-time" every freaking night back in P.I. I hated it then (86;), and I can't watch it now...apart from the hot blond. I only tuned in because I've drank too much Armenian brandy. Oh well! Semper Fi, guys! :)
usagoodbyeisayhello 1 year ago
chrismc410 you could have kept that last one to yourself. Come on now. Women Marines can kick butt too. I know. I am one. That's too funny lol.
dhumphrey1708 1 year ago
@dhumphrey1708 What I meant was even a herd has a leader and that leader is usually female. That was not meant as disrespect.
chrismc410 5 months ago
Not that I'd say this to the Drill Instructor, but most herding animals also has a leader, usually a leading female.
chrismc410 1 year ago
man, this is scary. congrats to all the tough guys and gals who went through this!
jshweid 1 year ago
Train Hard - Fight Easy.
MCP1579375 1 year ago
Several of the people in this film were actual Marines.
dlsofsetx 1 year ago
The one person who dislikes this video got hit with Jack Webb's nightstick.
Xemnasissuperawesome 1 year ago
To me its Either Jack Webb or R. Lee. Ermey on who is the best D.I..
synysterlud 1 year ago
@synysterlud I say it goes to Ermey simply because he acutally WAS a D.I. Outside of that, it's a tie.
chrismc410 1 year ago
@chrismc410 I think that is what also got me to think Ermey was better is because he was one. But honestly this guy did it perfect!
synysterlud 1 year ago
I saw this movie back in the early 60's, when I was a little kid. Didn't know to much about what was going on then. Years later, I rented it from Blockbuster, and loved it.
I really liked Jack Webb's performance, as well as those of Paul E. Prutzman, and John R. Brown.
2020skip 1 year ago
I did something dumb and selfish yesterday. I'm playing this because I deserve to be yelled at. Jack Webb, let me have it. :(
RozitaVideo 1 year ago
cool...nice pleats on his shirt, sharp creases...
granskare 1 year ago
Rodriguez, if you were to wake up this morning surrounded by 500 men, what would you do?
Kill'em, sir.
stevemcgee99 1 year ago 2
..Rodriguez if you were completely surrounded this morning by an enemy force of 500 men what would you do?..".KILL 'EM , SIR!!!!!!!" SEMPER fuckin' Fi
scruffyrunkin 1 year ago 5
Jack Webb was awesome both on radio and the big screen.
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XyoojXiong 1 year ago
Wow I love this..All young men.....have to serve THE CORP .... MARINES..ALLTHE WAY...
karpaul450 1 year ago
Get on line now!
Matteao 1 year ago
i was at P.I in 1958 brings back lots of memories once a marine always a marine Semper Fi
grumpybufas 1 year ago
Loved this movie from waaay back when and surely do miss Jack Webb. RIP, you were one hell-ova-man fella.
Travisab1 1 year ago
guy at the end ( are you angry with me ) same as the nazi wannabe guy in dragnet 67
sat233238 1 year ago
of all the crap movies stars ,showtime puts on the air . they for some reason cant put on something good.. this is good
silverbird58 1 year ago 2
i saw this movie as a kidd...made me want to join....i did back in 1974 at age 17...the best move i ever made...
darrylhaynes 1 year ago 2
Long before R. Lee Ermy's great performance in "Full Metal Jacket", there was this memorable one of a D.I. by Jack Webb. Not allowed to use any profanity when this movie was made, Webb's portrayal of a tough, no nonsense Marine Corps drill instructor is terrific and still conveys a dramatic sense of what recruits felt when faced with this symbol of authority yelling in their face.
Brace67 2 years ago 17
This was and still is a great movie.
dbmrhi 2 years ago 2
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dbmrhi 2 years ago
1:40-1:45 he already woke them up 3 times what a liar lol
jallendubya 2 years ago
i wonder if jack webb and r. lee ermey ever met?
emoviebuff87 2 years ago
1st thing i thought of
jallendubya 2 years ago
Jack Webb probably did not meet Ermey, they were on far different tracks. Webb died early in life, Ermey may have been in the Corps. Semper Fi!!
IEKUKATAKA 2 years ago
When I got out of USMC Boot Camp in 1966, this was the "Movie of the Week" on my few days home....watched it five times or so, laughing each time.
joelelah1 2 years ago
yeah do they show ole Jackie slappin em round. they stopped hitting maggots in the 70's
jallendubya 2 years ago
this is the prime example of what America should be. we've got''ten fat , lazy and apathetic. now we let the ACLU dictate our behavior.
clomid100 2 years ago
Imagine if he had used the kind of language that was/is really used in the Corp!
TeachESL 2 years ago
IMHO this film shows what a great actor Jack Webb was!! I know this is the "G" rated version of Marine boot-camp--but Webb still exudes the aura of the commanding, ass-kicking, no-nonsense instructor with great realism---you would swear that he was an ex Marine DI. Great performance and a great film that still holds up well!!
nyterpfan 2 years ago 2
live or fucking die
rwlsn 2 years ago
I like Jack Webb, but some found his Grim-Gus Sgt. Friday persona off-putting. Even tho I don't (fully) agree, this comment on 'The D.I.' by one video retailer made me laugh:
"This movie should really be in the horror section. Can you imagine having to get up at oh-dark-thirty every morning and be put through your basic training paces by Mr. Dragnet himself? Please, just shoot me right here."
FrankLJ 2 years ago
In the "grunts" if we had to go to the field on Monday morning, by Sunday afternoon all the meat sauce, Hot Sauce and Cheez Whiz was gone. AAAHHHH C-RATS now that was a meal before M.R.E.
ostoja59 2 years ago 2
if you want to get worse try k-rats precursor to c-rats how wonderfully rotten
jallendubya 2 years ago
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deagla2 2 years ago
@ostoja59 HOORAH!
bluesman89666 11 months ago
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Auggie97 9 months ago 2
snacks, candy, chips, etc...
mta415 2 years ago
WHAT IS POGGIE BAIT ?
OLDVAN60 2 years ago
Candy for the most part. The slop chute is where beer is served. The smoking lamp is a term that goes back to the days of wooden sailing ships. The sailors were not allowed to have fire making materials of their own so if one wanted to light his pipe, he had to go out on deck and light it from the smoking lamp. If it was not lighted he was out of luck. Term was still used back in the 80's when the ship was taking on fuel or ammunition.
mecallahan1 2 years ago
@OLDVAN60 - you got shit for brains boy... that's a black man's jism! Do you understand me boy? Drop and give me twenty.
tommyboy6494 2 years ago
Best movie about marine Corps boot-camp to date! I went thru in 1981(at the age of 30),nothing much had changed!Best thing I've ever done!
Semper Fi !
fespar 2 years ago 2
If not the best, then certainly the cleanest. My boot-camp experience was closer to Full Metal Jacket, but FMJ left out the sand fleas. Actually saw a DI give his platoon the order to scratch while standing outside the mess hall.
mecallahan1 2 years ago
"...if I keep getting this slow deal..."
pullybrit 2 years ago
"Because you were slow, the smoking lamp will not be lit after chow....." we weren't allowed to smoke during bootcamp.
daillmeskin 2 years ago
you could not being the Navy Surgeon General said that "smoking reduces stamina during exercising
frankd1965 2 years ago
@daillmeskin I went to boot camp in 1979,and we were issued 2 cartons of cigarettes,but our S.D.I. didnt allow us to smoke.So a few of the recruits would go in the head at night and stand on the shitter and UA smoke.Then one day the S.D.I. ordered a cigarette inspection and the D.I.'s inspected everyones cartons.7 recruits had packs missing,they became the "magnificent 7".Everytime we had classroom time,The D.I.'s called for the Magnificent 7."Well I Aint sweating yet". Semper Fi
walkingdead7 1 year ago
@walkingdead7 That's too funny!!!!! They were probably the most well conditioned recruits in your platoon at the end of bootcamp!!! LOL....
daillmeskin 1 year ago
If you watch the movie the end credits list all the actual marines who were in the picture.
beachnikk 2 years ago
Man, I remember my DI...he was a fcukhead and if I ever see him again, I'll kick the living shite out of him...and he knows it. The douchebag.
"First there!!"
blueprophet9 2 years ago
@4:24 "Sgt Braver" is an Actual USMC DI
sunphuk 2 years ago
What was probably going through the minds of the Marine extra's in this movie?: "I sure hope he (Mr Webb) utter the F-bomb, then he'll REALLY portray the D.I."
k228usmc 2 years ago
Whatever you think of Jack Webb, he played a DI as well as Gy. Sgt. R. Lee Ermey. He was the real deal.
WilliamRowlett 2 years ago 5
@WilliamRowlett they were both DIs foor real...
74Lilly 1 year ago
"You people are too slow! If you were that slow in combat, you would be dead! DEAD!"
"When my back is turned, you call me bad names... but I won't hear you call me bad names because if I do, I'll go to the brig."
"You people ain't even a mob. A mob's got a leader. You clowns are a herd. I'm gonna get me a sheepdog."
if i was in this movie as an extra i would've busted out laughing like a delirious mad-man hearing the lines
k228usmc 2 years ago
K228usmc, I completely hear you. I saw this movie in full back in 1997 and was laughing during this scene and throughout. Jack Webb managed to be hard-hitting without using any four-letter words, as they weren't allowed back then. But still, his dialogue was comical, no less.
cnm2908 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure all the extras are actually marines.
The credits list them and most of them are PFCs.
empreme 2 years ago
"double time them there, ....hurt them back".....awsome
jbyrd0861 2 years ago
jbyrd0861, That's "... HERD 'em back". Totally badass! OOrah!
expenguin67 2 years ago
I saw this movie before I joined the Marine Corps, and I thought, heck, boot camp can't be that bad.......LOL..... little did I know that it hardly touch's the truth.
Whenever asked, our favorite Marine was John Wayne (Sands of Iwo Jima), and our favorite DI was Jack Webb !
The recruiting motto at the time was "The Marine Corps Builds Men". But they don't tell you that they take you apart, and start from scratch !
Semper Fi
AngryCalifornian 2 years ago
I wish my D.I.'s were this man...whoof what a performance..actually mine were pretty awesome men...Semper Fi
80spodcastchannel 2 years ago
well some of us just went for the ride.
We learned to be dressed when they came into the squad bay in the middle of the night, and ready to go!
Glad you liked the uniform, too bad you didn't figure it out!
JACKHERMAN1947 2 years ago
I hated that shit. Lights would come on and that prick would yell "get the fuck outa the racks!" They never banged a trash can though
azzh00le 2 years ago
Too bad Jack Webb had to perform this role during time of heavy censorship; would have been a lot rougher and certainly truer to life.
CED6669MAN 2 years ago 3
Again, "The D.I." will never grow old. I found two of D.I.s Agent Orange and Vietnam killed one. It was great to tell them "thank you". I not forget them ever. Lessons learned.
Semper Fi
ErnstBecker 2 years ago
I saw "The D.I" the night before I enlisted in the Corps. I never regreted joining up.
ErnstBecker 2 years ago
It is still one of my favorite movies. I will try and post the night club scene very soon.
ostoja59 2 years ago
Mine too. Although I was Nav. What'll you title your post?
egadzookmeister 2 years ago
@ostoja59 hey I was in Horno a that time
karpaul450 1 year ago
@karpaul450 What unit was you in? I still remember Eagles Peak.
ostoja59 1 year ago
ostoja59 ,I was at mcrd san diego probably a couple of weeks ahead of you
plt 1043 1st recruit battalion,went to infantry school 0311 and was with 1st bn
9th mar at camp horno and rotation to camp hansen.i drive 18 wheelers now and a couple of years back while in Martinsburg West Virginia i stopped at a video store that was going out of business and they were selling all the videos for a couple of dollars lo and behold there was Boys In Company C so i
bought it Semper Fi from Houston Tx
walkingdead7 2 years ago
Now this is a small world! My first unit was echo company 2/1 at camp horno! Right in front of Eagle's peak. I still remember the club and the building we use to watch the movies. Ohhh Rahhh Semper Fi
ostoja59 2 years ago
Hey pal, my first unit was C Co 1/1 at Camp Horno back in 78. From there it was 2/4 in Okinawa camp Schwab. When were you in?
Semper Fi
LosAngeleno1959 2 years ago
My first unit was E Co 2/1 Camp Horno in 79. When I was at Schwab it was with 3/4 in 81. I was in 79-88 before I messed up my knees.
ostoja59 2 years ago
Perhaps you were at Swab circa 1966/67 when the 101st Airborne arrived. The 4th marines ad the 101st arrived at the "Slop Chute" after a days training. A real "donnybrook.fight broke out at the enlsited club. The 4th and 101st tore the place a part. Both CO's restricted their men to the billeting area.
ErnstBecker 2 years ago
Wow!,I wished I could have been there for that one Ernst. Saw many a scuffle at the Enlisted Club at Schwab. My squad bay was right across the street from the "E "Club and Theatre. I was at Schwab from 79 to 81 and also Camp Fuji in the mainland
LosAngeleno1959 2 years ago
Wow! Looks like we just missed each other,bot at Pendleton and Schwab. To me,Okinawa was the best place to be a Mariine.
LosAngeleno1959 2 years ago
I was in Oki from 79 to 82, you?
DasGestalt 2 years ago
Hey DasGestalt, I was on Oki from 1979 to 1982 also. Camp Schwab 2/4 Fox Co. 0311and from there I was sent to Camp Lejuene with I Co. 3/6
LosAngeleno1959 2 years ago
I was at Butler to begin: HML 367 then transfered to HAMS 36 at Futenma. I was there so long I met friends coming back for 2nd and 3rd rotations. They'd say, "You're back too?" I'd say, "No, I haven't left yet."
DasGestalt 2 years ago
"I am not your mother! I will not wake you up like your mother does! Do you hear me!?" LOL.
You gotta love how intimidating Jack Webb's portrayal of a Drill Instructor was without using vulgarities and being sadistic such as how Lee Ermey's was in Full Metal Jacket.
ATSFMike, I'm certain that Webb's D.I. was referring to Presley since he was a household name in 1957, the year this movie came out; and because he was also famous for his sideburns.
cnm2908 2 years ago
If you've got the whole movie, how bout posting Monica Lewis' song from the slopchute? You know, "If'n You Don't, Somebody Else Will"?
egadzookmeister 2 years ago
cnm2908, you have to consider when this movie was made. it was made when foul language was taboo in movies. full metal jacket was made after foul language was acceptable. if you think that ermey's role was unrealistic then you are wrong. ermey was actually a marine di and that opening scene was completely unscripted. he was told to act as he did as a di.
scve71685 2 years ago
Oh, I'm definitely aware of the restrictions of that time. I was just simply recognizing Jack Webb's abilities as an actor and the scriptwriters' abilities to make some powerful dialogue without resorting to four letter words. I was aware of Ermey's history and never said his portrayal was unrealistic. I only said that Webb was effective without being like Ermey.
cnm2908 2 years ago
I wonder if D.I. Moore was referring to Elvis when he was ragging on the guy with the sideburns. Kinda figure so, as this movie came out about the same time in the 50's.
ATSFMike 2 years ago
@ATSFMike I believe he was. After seeing this movie on a 'Late Show' type television program in the 1960's, it stuck to me like coins to a parking meter.
Juliaflo 1 year ago
Brings back old memories. I wish they had this on DVD.
teufelhunden70 2 years ago
I never had the pleasure of being able to serve this great country of ours. I have brothers and a sister who have. Even though my heart and other disabilities kept me out of the service, I have the utmost respect for all the men and women who are continuing to stand to the defense of freedom worldwide, as well as the safety of the USA. I have a copy of this on VHS. I watch it whenever I need encouragement and strength. I'm also a Jack Webb Fan. Semper Fi and God Bless. Mike in Fresno, Ca.
ATSFMike 2 years ago
One of the best performances ever by Jack Webb.
mkl62 2 years ago
I remember PT, pretty much the same, except every other word out of the D.I.'s mouth was shit, fuck, ass, boner, and the occasional penis or dick.
Thrawn6211 2 years ago
You guys moaning about the "good old days" have NO CLUE how good these Marines of THIS era.....
My brother is a Gunnery Sgt in the CORPS RIGHT NOW and I will tell you his Marines -the ones who served and still serve with him are as good as any who have worn the Dress Blues.
II was a HM for 20 years -I retired as a Chief -aand I served in the FMF and I can tell you this: there were Marines I respected greatly and there were Marines I would not ******* on if they were on fire.
alamokid40 2 years ago
alamokid, if you served in the FMF as a Corpsman, then you are just as much a Marine as the rest of us.
USMC 1st MarDiv 1984-88 Semper Fi
TheLSK 2 years ago
adapt improvise overcome.......we are all in it together against a corrupt wall street and wash d.c. economic and political cabal out to get mainstreet, but some of us are better prepared to do what needs to be done than those who have never served. see the other greatest movie of all time...".they died with their boots on",,,,and what errol CUSTER flynn thought about glory versus money, and politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen, in his pre ww 2 depression era message movie.
garyowen4ever 2 years ago
Most o ftoday's civilians would have flunked USMC Boot Camp in their youth. Those flag waving suit wearing wusses who voted for non-veteran urban elitists like Obama; the draft dodgers who ran to Canada or joined the National Guard to avoid Vietnam like Bush and Quayle. Sir no sir, they do not have the gut sto do what we did. OORAH! Platoon 1048, USMC 80-83, Bravo 1/1
ooddleXD 2 years ago
It takes a different type of indiviual to go through 13 weeks (not counting forming) of pure hell to called "Marine!" My son graduates in two weeks from Parris Island and I can't wait to see the 2nd generation of Marines.
Semper Fi
Plt 1067 A Company
USMC 1979-1988
ostoja59 2 years ago
no shit! it takes a different type .Semper Fi plt 3064 K company USMC 1970- 1974
rvargas68 2 years ago
today the a.c.l.u would have lawsuits against the d.i.
scorzeny45 2 years ago
I wish I could step into a time machine and go back to Day 1 of Boot Camp, Parris Island, those were great times!
LuckyGuu 2 years ago
4:00 is a good part.
slowpoke96Z28 2 years ago
one of the best Marine Corps movies ever!
slowpoke96Z28 2 years ago
LOL....Semper Fi...
grumpydan1 2 years ago
My brother still hates his DI and he is 72 years old now...lol.....
grumpydan1 2 years ago
I know how he feels, to this day I still hate one of my DI's and it has been thirty years since I saw him.
ostoja59 2 years ago
Poaky bait???
brassbend 2 years ago
It is a term used in the military for snacks and such.
ostoja59 2 years ago
But, FYI, it's PoaGy Bait, with a "G."
teller121 2 years ago
lol,
you know who has sideburns?
yes sir
well you aint got a guitar so shave them sideburns. very funny.
dduron 2 years ago
Just before getting married my fiancée and I watched this movie. A few days later at our wedding reception I turned to my bride and asked,"if you were completely surrounded this morning by all my ex's what would you do?" and my girl replied, "Kill them all!" True story.
WNM52 2 years ago 4
She watches Jack Webb and has a sense of humor! You are one luckly man.
ostoja59 2 years ago
ostoja59, Thank you. Lucky indeed. I will pass along your kind words.
WNM52 2 years ago
I think this is the censored version because of the Ribbon Creek incident, they didn't want to give the public more reason to hate the Corps.
We all know it's a lot more like FMJ, but this is such a good film! One of my favorites, and it stars one of my favorite actors, Jack Webb!
dnedwrds 3 years ago
Jack makes one of the BEST D.I.'s ever!!!!
my fav. War movie!!
golfdude2007 3 years ago
This is exactly what the "420" pothead-morons that infest youtube need
slingblade65 3 years ago
Lol I ship off to Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on 4/20! haha, I am glad to say that I am not a pot head moron! :)
dnedwrds 3 years ago
with the xbox 360 and PS3, the kids today have it to easy and need a reality check. That is one reason way I always loved this movie.
ostoja59 3 years ago
This is great. I wish someone would put that music clip with that singer played by Jackie Loughery. That was a great tune. Jack Webb was the man. And I love his second.
ipsolocatur12 3 years ago
ostoja59, re uploading that music clip: "... if'n you don't, somebody else will."
WNM52 2 years ago
Qops, this reply was meant for ipsolocatur12. And yeah, his second was a "sheeeer delight."
WNM52 2 years ago
Thanks. Can you post the clip?
ipsolocatur12 2 years ago
ipsolocatur12, I don't have this available to upload but also wish somebody would. Jackie Loughery, who played the singer at the "slop chute" was great. She was indeed "a GOOD entah-TAY-nah!"
WNM52 2 years ago
@ipsolocatur12 That's Monica Lewis as the singer.
Juliaflo 1 year ago
This what the kids today need a reality check fast!
captpatrickone 3 years ago
This is what our country needs!
Buddy212002 3 years ago
It worked for me and my son is about to go to Parris Island in 30 days.
ostoja59 3 years ago
Hey hey me too! I ship off to MCRD San Diego in 66 days, though!
dnedwrds 3 years ago
Pogy bait is a term used in the military for snacks, like slim jims chips and soda. This movie was made in 1957 and they still use this term to this day!
ostoja59 3 years ago
WHAT IS POGY BAIT ?
TONYBE46 3 years ago
Pogey bait is snacks,candy bars,M&M's,cough drops anything that Marines that d office work or Admin work have in their desk. As a grunt we use to pole fun at the office "pogies" all the time.
USMC 1978-1986
LosAngeleno1959 2 years ago
The "recruits" in this movie were actual Marines. My recruiter was aquainted with one of them (1950's Jarheads).
SkivMarine 3 years ago
That is one of the things I love about this movie. The one thing I notice is they use the word I and my. When I went through Parris Island and at one time a sgt at P.I. it was this recruit.
ostoja59 3 years ago
Good post - thank you.
GenericGene 3 years ago
Full Metal Jacket is the most realistic presentation of what real boot camp was like in my experience.I was in boot camp in 84 and the movie came out in 87 and I was blown away at it's accuracy.Probably the only thing I would say that was a bit off, was the DI's in real boot camp swear non-stop it seems.Another accurate portrayl of Marine life was Clint Eastwoods Heartbreak Ridge. But this one here by Webb is good I'm sure they toned it down for the era in which the movie goers were in. OOH RAA
8thinpigs 3 years ago
Love those movies to this day. I am trying to find the movie "Boys of Company C" and "Siege of Fire base glory". I remember watching them down at Camp Lejuene.
ostoja59 3 years ago
this is a more censored version of Basic trainning. I can understand back then why, especially back then.
RFEM520 3 years ago
I call it the PG version. It still brings back memories the way the recruits got awaken in the morning.
ostoja59 3 years ago
acutally a G rated version of boot camp. BTW did he mention "laughing at the enemy"? meaning those jackboots and the way they march.
frankd1965 3 years ago
call it "G" rated boot camp.
frankd1965 3 years ago
Was there in 64, brings back memories
grumpy009 3 years ago
Had a drill sergeant like this back in '72. Scared hell outta ya. Then the treaty was signed. Wound up in East Germany behind the Berlin Wall, and I could still hear the voice of that basic training instructor of mine throughout the four year hitch. Best thing about basic was that every d.i. was a Vietnam or Korean veteran who only wanted to make sure you could stand up to the crap of war and military life. Being a bitch wasn't personal, just the serious business of teaching me to stay alive.
Lonette 3 years ago
when i was a little kid in the 90s i always watched this movie with my dad. im 18 now and as soon as im out of high school im joining the Marines!
117rebel 3 years ago
During the late 60's early 70's I use to watch this with my dad. He was retired army and in 1979 I joined the Marines. I posted two more videos from the movie.
My advice when you go to boot camp. Get in shape before you go and be prepared for the mind games and you will be fine.
Semper Fi
ostoja59 3 years ago
i may have trouble with some of the stuff the DI's say b/c they're funny lol. ill probably get in trouble alot for laughing lol.
117rebel 3 years ago
nice, I watched it all the time with my dad too. Im goin army though, for rangers when Im 18. Good luck!
CaptainAmerica322 3 years ago
You rock, 117rebel!
SuzieF2 2 years ago