Tribes (1970)

Directed by

Joseph Sargent

Genre

tv movie, drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young hippie is drafted into the Marine Corps. He clashes with a tough drill instructor who tries to break him down.

earnestdramaticconflict-drivenintrospectivetensepoignantstraightforward

What happens

Tribes, also known as The Soldier Who Declared Peace (UK), is a 1970 American television drama film broadcast as an ABC Movie of the Week directed by Joseph Sargent. A big ratings success when it first aired November 10, 1970 (which happened to be the Marine Corps' 195th birthday), Tribes was later released theatrically in Britain and Europe under the title The Soldier Who Declared Peace. Tribes has been released on VHS, but as of 2018 has not been released on DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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