Biloxi Blues
- Director: Mike Nichols
- Writer: Neil Simon
- Producer: Joseph M. Caracciolo; Marykay Powell
CGiii Comment
More of Neil Simon's unsophisticated brand of comedy...
It is a pleasant and inconsequential coming-of-age tale - fine for a rainy day.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A New York City teenager named Eugene Jerome enlists in the US Army during the last year of World War II in 1945. Eugene is sent to basic training at Biloxi, Mississippi where he must live with a variety of fellow soldiers from all walks of life while also enduring the whims of a mentally unstable drill sergeant.
Cast & Characters
Matthew Broderick as Eugene Morris Jerome;
Christopher Walken as Sgt. Toomey;
Matt Mulhern as Joseph Wykowski;
Corey Parker as Arnold B. Epstein;
Casey Siemaszko as Don Carney;
Michael Dolan as James J. Hennesey;
Penelope Ann Miller as Daisy;
Park Overall as Rowena;
Alan Pottinger as Peek;
Mark Evan Jacobs as Pinelli;
David Kienzle as Corporal;
Matthew Kimbrough as Spitting Cook;
Kirby Mitchell as Digger #1;
Allen Turner as Digger #2;
Tom Kagy as Digger #3