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Film

 1. The Hunter (1980)

 2. Tom Horn (1980)

 3. An Enemy of the People (1978)

 4. Dixie Dynamite (1976)

 5. The Towering Inferno (1974)

 6. Papillon (1973)

 7. The Getaway (1972)

 8. Junior Bonner (1972)

 9. On Any Sunday (1971)

10. Le Mans (1971)

11. The Reivers (1969)

12. Bullitt (1968)

13. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

14. The Sand Pebbles (1966)

15. Nevada Smith (1966)

16. The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

17. Baby The Rain Must Fall(1965)

18. Love With The Proper Stranger (1963)

19. Soldier In The Rain (1963)

20. The Great Escape (1963)

21. The War Lover (1962)

22. Hell Is For Heroes (1962)

23. The Honeymoon Machine (1961)

24. The Magnificent Seven (1960)

25. Never So Few (1959)

26. The Great St.Louis Bank Robbery (1959)

27. The Blob (1958)

28. Never Love A Stranger (1958)

29. Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

30. Girl On The Run (1953)



TV

 1. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959&60)

 2. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958-61) 

 3. Trackdown (1958)

 4. Tales of Wells Fargo (1958)

 5. Climax! (1958)

 6. The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957)

 7. West Point (1957)

 8. Studio One (1957) TV

 9. The United States Steel Hour (1956)

10. Goodyear Television Playhouse (1955)

SOLDIER IN THE RAIN

Only legitimate releases is on VHS in 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio.
Military Comedy starring Steve McQueen, Jackie Gleason and
Tuesday Weld.

Simply, this film falls somewhere between No Time For Sergeants (1958) and the television sitcom series Gomer Pyle.

McQueen
McQueen as Eustis Clay
As Supply Sergeant Eustis Clay, Steve plays the role of an incredible naive buffoon, and once again, as with his previous performance in the 1961 comedy The Honeymoon Machine, he struggled with the comedic requirements of the role.
Gleason
Bobby Jo and Max
Jackie Gleason's role as Master Sergeant Maxwell Slaughter is more plausible, and following in the wake of his dramatic role in "The Hustler" (1961), he is quite good. Gleason's role as a career soldier goes a little overboard when he goes on a double-date with Tuesday Weld's character (Bobby Jo) to a local amusement park--in his dress uniform. But I always enjoy his no-nonsense observance of evening colors outside the base mess hall.
Drama
Max the Incredible Hulk
The only dramatic action in the film is a barroom brawl scene in which Max comes to Eustis's rescue like the Incredible Hulk.

The only signs of emotion portrayed by Steve's character is when he learns that his favorite golden retriever "Donald" has died, and at the film's end when he toasts the passing away of his best friend Maxwell Slaughter, due to injuries sustained in the before-mentioned brawl.

Other faces in the cast include Tony Bill, Tom Poston, Chris Noel, and Adam "Batman" West.

Soldier in the Rain is a fun movie to watch, but not what Steve McQueen fans would normally expect of him.

Reviewed by Dave Kaeser