Lin McCarthy

Jim Moore is a tough-as-nails Drill Instructor with a chip on his shoulder: Pvt. Owens, who isn't quite up to snuff. Sgt. Moore is convinced that "there's a man underneath that baby powder" and sets out to force the private to rise to the occasion. Instead, he drives Owens to bail out altogether. Things only get worse when the Captain steps in and gives Moore three days to make the a Marine out of the petrified private.

During the U.S. Civil War, five deserters (yellownecks) from the Confederate army decide to embark on a dangerous mission through the Florida everglades to escape to Cuba. They have to survive snakes, a Florida panther, quicksand, and a hurricane in the swamps, along with local angry indians. Only one of the men will survive to make it to the Florida coast, but which one? The hurricane scenes involve footage form a real hurricane that hit Florida during the shooting of the film.

During the U.S. Civil War, five deserters (yellownecks) from the Confederate army decide to embark on a dangerous mission through the Florida everglades to escape to Cuba. They have to survive snakes, a Florida panther, quicksand, and a hurricane in the swamps, along with local angry indians. Only one of the men will survive to make it to the Florida coast, but which one? The hurricane scenes involve footage form a real hurricane that hit Florida during the shooting of the film.

5 Confederate soldiers desert, make their way through the Everglades and try to make it to Cuba.