She's in the Army Now

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She's in the Army Now
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GenreComedy
Written by Earl W. Wallace
Directed by Hy Averback
Starring Kathleen Quinlan
Jamie Lee Curtis
Melanie Griffith
Susan Blanchard
Julie Carmen
Janet MacLachlan
Theme music composer Artie Butler
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producer Harry R. Sherman
Cinematography William Jurgensen
Editors Diane Adler
George Rohrs
Running time97 minutes
Production company ABC Circle Films
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseMay 15, 1981 (1981-05-15)

She's in the Army Now is a 1981 American made-for-television military comedy film starring Kathleen Quinlan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Melanie Griffith, Susan Blanchard and Julie Carmen, directed by Hy Averback. It premiered as the ABC Friday Night Movie on May 15, 1981.

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The film was a pilot for a television series which never materialized and it also followed the success of Goldie Hawn's movie, Private Benjamin , which itself spawned a television series in the spring of 1981.

Plot

Cass, Rita, Sylvie, Virginia, and Yvette, are five beautiful Women's Army Corps recruits attached to the United States Army's 3rd Platoon of Alpha Company at Fort Jackson. Although they are raw recruits, their drill sergeant, Sgt. Reed sees them as future soldiers. The proposal relates the women's efforts to train to become soldiers while also dealing with their personal problems. During and by the end of their basic training, they discover that a soldier's life is more than a uniform and that strength doesn't always depend on the size of their muscles.

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