Private Benjamin(1980)

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Synopsis

When her husband dies on their wedding night, Jewish American princess Judy Benjamin is so traumatized that she is vulnerable to a pitch by a tricky recruiter and finds herself in the Women's Army Corps. Judy expects the spa-like atmoshere that she was promised, but is quickly disabused of this notion by the tough Captain Lewis. Now just one of the grunts, the pampered Judy has to work for her privileges for the first time, and after a grueling period of adjustment, grows into a good soldier, and a woman with solid self-esteem.
When her husband dies on their wedding night, Jewish American princess Judy Benjamin is so traumatized that she is vulnerable to a pitch by a tricky recruiter and finds herself in the Women's Army Corps. Judy …
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In Theaters

  • October 10, 1980

MPAA Rating

R

Genres

Comedy

Run Time

1 hour 50 minutes

Distributors

Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Director

Howard Zieff

Director

CAST

Goldie Hawn

Judy Benjamin

Eileen Brennan

Captain Doreen Lewis

Armand Assante

Henri Tremont

Robert Webber

Colonel Clay Thornbush

Sam Wanamaker

Teddy Benjamin

Barbara Barrie

Harriet Benjamin
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