Soldier In the Rain (1963)

SOLDIER IN THE RAIN  (1963)  ¢ ¢
    D: Ralph Nelson
    Steve McQueen, Jackie Gleason, Tuesday Weld,
    Tony Bill, Tom Poston, Ed Nelson, Lew Gallo
An ill-conceived service comedy with Steve McQueen as a hustling supply sergeant whose get-rich-quick schemes go awry before the go anywhere, and Jackie Gleason as the senior NCO who keeps bailing him out. McQueen goes against type playing a hick, and Gleason's bulk looks out of place in an Army uniform. Both are underserved by the script. Unexpected highlight: the odd-couple pairing of Gleason and Tuesday Weld, when McQueen sets them up on a date.