Hard-luck cabbie John Winger (Bill Murray) — directionless after being fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend — enlists in the U.S. Army with his close pal, Russell Ziskey (Harold Ramis). After his barely satisfactory performance in basic training, the irreverent Winger emerges as the figurehead for a ragtag band of Army misfits. However, his hijinks threaten to cause an international scandal when he inadvertently commandeers a military assault vehicle behind enemy lines. Commissioned by Daniel M. (1/1/2022).

Release date: June 26, 1981 (USA)
Director: Ivan Reitman
Music by: Elmer Bernstein
Written by: Len Blum; Dan Goldberg; Harold Ramis
Box office: $85.3 million
Production company: Columbia Pictures