aviation officer candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps
Gunnery Sergeant
who trains him. It was written by Douglas Day Stewart
and directed by Taylor Hackford
. It starred Richard Gere
, Debra Winger
and Louis Gossett, Jr.
, and was produced by Lorimar Productions
for Paramount Pictures
. The film's title uses an old expression from the British
Royal Navy
and subsequently from the U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice
, as being charged with "conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman
" (from 1860).
[referring to Della Serra's haircut] Now this is my idea of an ass bandit. Wait till some of the local girls get a look at you, Scrotum Head.
I don't believe what I'm seein'. Where've you been all your lives? At an orgy? Listening to Mick Jagger and bad-mouthin' our country, I'll bet!
There's not gonna be any liberty for you boys, 'cause you'll be going home by then.
In every class, there's always one joker who thinks that he's smarter than me. In that class, that happens to be you. Isn't it, Mayo-naise?
[his first cadence, for Zack and the other OC's] Sergeant Foley, can't you see; A Puget Deb is after me; Please don't let me catch my tail; I'd be better off in the country jail...! My mom was a Deb, my grandma too; That's all them gals know how to do; She'll catch my butt before she's through; Sergeant Foley, it's up to you!
[his second cadence, for Zack alone] Candidate Mayo's strutting in the dirt; Look at his face, he's starting to hurt; Here he is, thinking he's a great big star; But before too long, he's gonna D.O.R.; Seen guys like you a hundred times; I'm telling you, Mayo, I'm one of a kind; Gonna give you more than you can take; I'm gonna watch you crumble and watch you break!
[when cadet Seeger fails to climb wall] You're one of those girls who couldn't get enough of daddy's attention because he really wanted a son...That's right, walk around, Sugar Britches!
[After a trainee at attention tells him he comes from Tucson|Tucson, Arizona] There are only two things come out of Arizona. they are steers and queers."
Sid Worley: Look, Zack. It's them. Holy shit. Look at them bodacious set of ta's ta's.
Paula Porkrifki: You know something, you ain't nothing special. You got no manners, you treat women like whores, and if you ask me, you got ne chance of being no officer.