Stripes

Released

Jun 25, 1981

IMDb rating

6.8 / 10 86,984 votes

Recall rating

6.0 / 10 1 rating

Overview

John Winger is a cab driver who, in the span of a few hours, loses his job, his apartment, his car, and his girlfriend. Realizing that he is a loser with no prospects, he decides to join the US Army. Talking his best friend Russell Ziskey, a teacher of English as a second language, into joining with him, they go to a recruiting office and are soon sent off to basic training.

Studio

Columbia Pictures

Budget

$10,000,000

Box office

$85,300,000