Rod Steiger
MSgt. Albert Callan
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The Sergeant is a 1968 American drama film directed by John Flynn and starring Rod Steiger and John Phillip Law. It was released by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
Rod Steiger stars as a master sergeant who falls in love with a younger soldier in post-war France. The film explores his inner struggle, his self-loathing and his conflict with his commanding officer.
- (705)
- Drama
- John Flynn
- 1968-12-25
Much more like a modern documentary drama set against a “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the army than a piece of Hollywood fiction more than half a century old. Watch it! Another ...
- 108 min
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Although the role is not one for which Academy Award® winning actor Rod Steiger is widely remembered forty years later, his star turn as The Sergeant (1968) crystallizes the range of his performances over the course of a long and varied career.
- John Flynn, Louis Pitzele
- Rod Steiger
The Sergeant (1968) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
A post-WWII army film about a master sergeant who represses his homosexual attraction to a young private. The sergeant's inner struggle and his actions lead to tragic consequences for himself and the men under his command.
May 12, 2017 · The Sergeant, poor cow of a movie, never had a chance. The critics of 1968 – faced with Rod Steiger’s miserable Army lifer, Sergeant Callan, pursuing John Phillip Law’s dewy-eyed Private Swanson on a godforsaken supply post in 1952 France, and then killing himself – were unanimous in panning it.
