A Man Called Sarge is a 1990 American parody film, written and directed by Stuart Gillard, starring Gary Kroeger, Marc Singer, Gretchen German and introducing a young Natasha Lyonne.

Furthermore, Sarge's group of misfit soldiers include a Native American, a New York Jew, a hillbilly and a French officer in the style of Maurice Chevalier.

[2] A memorable moment in the film is when Miss Sadie (Gretchen German), a naïve mission school teacher, sings a song called "Jesus Was a Black Dude", with a full gospel choir, to the Arab children in her class.

At the time of production, Gary Kroeger was mostly known for his work on the late-night comedy and variety TV show Saturday Night Live, where he was a regular from 1982 to 1985.

[7][8] Natasha Lyonne, who was living in Israel at the time,[9] achieved her first credited feature film role as a young Arab girl who gets punched in the face by General Von Kraut, while trying to defend Miss Sadie, her teacher.

This film is part of the early 1990s attempt by Globus, an Israeli veteran producer, to save and rebuild Cannon under new administration, after the departure of his cousin and longtime business partner Menahem Golan and the financial distress in the late 1980s.

On some promotional material, the taglines used were: Like many other low-budget films, A Man Called Sarge has a complex history of copyright ownership and distribution rights.