Personal Sergeant (1968)
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Long before "don't ask, don't tell," this melodrama made a mishmash of the issue of homosexuality in the military. Rod Steiger stars as Master Sergeant Albert Callan, a hero of WWII who is stationed at a U.S. Army base in France in 1952. A gruff, tough taskmaster, Callan turns the… More Long before "don't ask, don't tell," this melodrama made a mishmash of the issue of homosexuality in the military. Rod Steiger stars as Master Sergeant Albert Callan, a hero of WWII who is stationed at a U.S. Army base in France in 1952. A gruff, tough taskmaster, Callan turns the base from a shambles run by the alcoholic Captain Loring (Frank Latimore) into a model of efficiency and discipline -- though the lazy troops resent Callan for his efforts. Callan's been hiding his attraction to men for some time, and his eye is turned toward his attractive clerk, PFC Tom Swanson (John Phillip Law). Callan jealously refuses to grant Swanson permission to visit his French girlfriend (Ludmila Mikael) -- and even orders the younger man to stop seeing her. At first, Swanson interprets Callan's odd behavior as loneliness and forgives it, but after Callan kisses him, Swanson understands that his superior's attentions are sexual. Rebuffed, Callan tortures Swanson with unfair punishments and criticisms, earning his subordinate's animus. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Anthony V. Orkin, John Flynn
- Genres
- Drama, Kids & Family
R,
- In Theaters
- Dec 1, 1969 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
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Cast
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Rod Steiger
as Master Sgt. Albert Callan
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John Phillip Law
as Pfc. Tom Swanson
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Ludmila Mikael
as Solange
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Frank Latimore
as Capt. Loring
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Elliott Sullivan
as Pop
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Ronald Rubin
as Cpl. Cowley
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Philip Roye
as Brown
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Jerry Brouer
as Sgt. Komski
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Memphis Slim
as Nightclub Singer
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Gabriel Gascon
as Solange's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
- Anthony Berry
- Celine Marget
- Jon Budinoff
- Michael Buscemi
- Paul Sadot
- Victor Argo
- Bernadette Drayton
- Ira Lewis
- Jerry Della Salla
- John Corrigan
- Julie Sharkey Carpenter
- Paul Sado
