Army, despite its less-than-rosy view of the all-volunteer armed forces. in Literary Quotes in Movie Quotes in TV Shows A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z NEW Stripes 1981 Stars: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P.J. Remarkably, Stripes was made with the full cooperation of the U.S. However, when John and Russell commandeer a high-tech military vehicle for a European weekend getaway with the girls, they happen into Soviet territory and stumble into an international incident. Midway through the Ivan Reitman-directed movie which featured a murderer's row of hilarious actors, including Harold Ramis, John Candy, John Larroquette and Judge Reinhold there's a pivotal. The platoon succeeds in impressing the generals spite of themselves, and John and Russell even find time to romance two pretty female MPs, Stella (P.J. It was directed by Ivan Reitman and written by the team of Len Blum, Daniel Goldberg and Harold Ramis, the latter of whom also stars in the movie. Hulka (Warren Oates), who is stuck with an outfit of goofballs, including overweight Ox (John Candy), naive Cruiser (John Deihl), perpetually stoned Elmo (Judge Reinhold), and the appropriately-nicknamed Psycho (Conrad Dunn). Directed by Ivan Reitman Produced by Ivan Reitman Dan Goldberg Written by Len Blum Dan Goldberg Harold Ramis Starring Bill Murray Harold Ramis Warren Oates P. Starring: Rodrigo de la Serna, Sergio Hernández, Mercedes Morán Creators: Martín Salinas, Daniele Luchetti Watch all you want. Stripes is an American feature film of the comedy genre. John and Russell find themselves in basic training under the hard-nosed and impatient Sgt. With no idea of what to do next, John and his best friend Russell Ziskey (Harold Ramis) impulsively join the Army, more as a practical joke than a career goal. John Winger (Murray) is a quick-witted but unambitious loser who comes home after getting fired to discover that his car has been repossessed and his girlfriend is leaving him. Bill Murray decides to be all that he can be - and it ain't pretty - in this hit comedy.