6.6 Score

1980 • 1h 50min • R • Comedy

Private Benjamin

"The Army was no laughing matter until Judy Benjamin joined it."

A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.

IMDb 6.2

RT 83%

MC 59

Director

Howard Zieff

Composer

Bill Conti

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Goldie Hawn

Judy Benjamin

Eileen Brennan

Capt. Doreen Lewis

Armand Assante

Henrí Trémont

Robert Webber

Col. Clay Thornbush

Sam Wanamaker

Teddy Benjamin

Barbara Barrie

Harriet Benjamin

Mary Kay Place

Pvt. Mary Lou Glass

Harry Dean Stanton

Sgt. Jim Ballard

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Goldie Hawn Judy Benjamin

Eileen Brennan Capt. Doreen Lewis

Armand Assante Henrí Trémont

Robert Webber Col. Clay Thornbush

Sam Wanamaker Teddy Benjamin

Barbara Barrie Harriet Benjamin

Mary Kay Place Pvt. Mary Lou Glass

Harry Dean Stanton Sgt. Jim Ballard

Albert Brooks Yale Goodman

Alan Oppenheimer Rabbi

Estelle Marlov Vocalist at Wedding

Everett Covin Bandleader

Robert Hanley Arnie

Lee Wallace Mr. Waxman

James Dybas Photographer

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