The D.I. 1957 Jack Webb Don Dubbins + trailer DVD

DVD-R of this 106 minute b&w 1957 full-length feature film released by Warner Brothers. This quality digital full-frame recording includes a disc menu with the original theater trailer and a plastic case. Details below as listed with imdb.com:
Cast (in credits order)

Jack Webb ... Sgt. Jim Moore
Don Dubbins ... Pvt. Owens
Jackie Loughery ... Annie

Lin McCarthy ... Capt. Anderson
Monica Lewis ... Burt (as Matt Davis)
Virginia Gregg ... Mrs. Owens
Jeannie Beacham ... Hostess
Lou Tobin ... Bartender at Cotton Club
Earle Hodgins ... Guard
Jeanne Baird ... Mother at Woman's Store
Barbara Pepper ... Woman
Melody Gale ... Little Girl at Woman's Store

William E. Smith ... Pvt. Douglas McKinley
John T. Ahern ... Pvt. Casto (uncredited)
John R. Brown ... Himself (uncredited)
George D. Bryan ... Himself (uncredited)
Michael K. Gebbia ... Himself (uncredited)

Charles M. Golden ... Pvt. Labarsky (uncredited)
Joseph C. Holmes ... Pvt. Madison (uncredited)
Joey ... Sgt. Drill Instructor (uncredited)
Louis R. Lazarko ... Himself TSGT. (uncredited)
Charles A. Love ... Pvt. Hillbilly (uncredited)
George Oliviere ... Himself (uncredited)
Peter J. O'Neill ... Pvt. Rodriguez (uncredited)
Paul E. Prutzman ... Sgt. Braver (uncredited)
Thomas E. Richards ... Himself (uncredited)
Dick Ryan ... Waiter (uncredited)
Gordon L. Seiple ... Pvt. Carver (uncredited)
George W. Thornton II ... Himself (uncredited)
Patton A. Wasson ... Himself (uncredited)
James C. Williams ... Himself (uncredited)
Douglas E. Wilson ... Pvt. Franklin (uncredited)
Laurence C. Windsor Jr. ... Pvt. Severeign (uncredited)

Plot description: (written by book author Michael Hayde):
Why is it Jack Webb gets no respect as a director? This film puts to death the myth that Webb was a one-trick ("Dragnet") pony. Marines then and now call "The D.I." the most accurate portrayal of boot camp training ever put on celluloid. It's also a marvelous character study, with gripping performances by both Webb and Don Dubbins. What makes it even more amazing is:

1) Only three of the men in this film were professional actors; Webb, Dubbins and Lin McCarthy, and Dubbins had been a Marine. All the others were actual Marines, and Webb elicted memorable performances from most of them.

2) It was shot in a breathtaking 23 days in March of 1957.

3) To make the summer release date requested by Warner Bros., Webb edited as he shot. By the time principal photography wrapped, he had two reels cut and scored.

Yet, Webb is laughed at as an actor, and dismissed as a director? See this film and ask yourself, WHY???

FACTOID: The film was based on a KRAFT TELEVISION THEATER presentation called "Murder of a Sand Flea." Lin McCarthy played the same role in both productions.

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