Tribes (1970)
- Director(s):
- Joseph Sargent
Synopsis of Tribes
The TV movie Tribes struck a responsive chord with young TV hounds of the early 1970s. Jan-Michael Vincent plays a long-haired hippie who, despite his anti-war sentiments, ends up in the Marines. Though forced to endure the torture of a buzz-cut, Vincent remains flippant and rebellious. Nail-hard drill instructor Darren McGavin is determined to "break" Vincent and transform him into a lean, mean fighting machine. It was all done before in Jack Webb's 1957 theatrical feature The DI, but Tribes had a timeliness lacking in the earlier film, thanks to the ongoing Vietnam crisis. Tracy Keenan Wynn (son of Keenan, grandson of Ed) and Marvin Schwartz won Emmy Awards for their teleplay. A big ratings success when it first aired November 10, 1970, Tribes was later released theatrically in England and Europe under the title The Soldier Who Declared Peace. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Tribes
- Danny Goldman - Sidney
- Earl Holliman - DePayster
- Jan-Michael Vincent - Adrian
- Darren McGavin - Sgt. Drake
- John Gruber - Quentin
- Peter Hooten - Scrunch
- Richard Yniguez - Sanchez
- David Buchanan - Armstrong
- Director(s):
- Joseph Sargent
- Writer(s):
- Marvin Schwartz, Tracy Keenan Wynn
- Producer(s):
- Marvin Schwartz
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