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Clint Eastwood | ... |
Gunnery Sergent Thomas Highway
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Marsha Mason | ... |
Aggie
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Everett McGill | ... |
Major Malcolm Powers
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Moses Gunn | ... |
Staff Sgt. Webster
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Eileen Heckart | ... |
Little Mary
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Bo Svenson | ... |
Roy Jennings
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Boyd Gaines | ... |
Lieutenant Ring
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Mario Van Peebles | ... |
Corporal Stitch Jones
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Arlen Dean Snyder | ... |
Sergeant Major Choozoo
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Vincent Irizarry | ... |
Fragetti
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Ramón Franco | ... |
Aponte
(as Ramon Franco)
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Tom Villard | ... |
Profile
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Mike Gomez | ... |
Quinones
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Rodney Hill | ... |
Collins
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Peter Koch | ... |
'Swede' Johanson
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Richard Venture | ... |
Colonel Meyers
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Peter Jason | ... |
Major Devin
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J.C. Quinn | ... |
Quartermaster Sgt.
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Begonya Plaza | ... |
Mrs. Aponte
(as Begoña Plaza)
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John Eames | ... |
Judge Zane
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Thom Sharp | ... |
Emcee
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John Gallagher | ... |
Emcee
(as Jack Gallagher)
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John Hostetter | ... |
Reese
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Holly Shelton-Foy | ... |
Sarita Dwayne
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Nicholas Worth | ... |
Jail Binger
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Timothy Fall | ... |
Kid in Jail
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Jon Pennell | ... |
Jail Crier
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Trish Garland | ... |
Woman Marine Officer
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George Hartmann | ... |
Bar Tough Guy
(as Dutch Mann)
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Darwyn Swalve | ... |
Bar Tough Guy
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Christopher Michael | ... |
Marine
(as Christopher Lee Michael)
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Alex M. Bello | ... |
Marine
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Steve Halsey | ... |
Bus Driver
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John Sasse | ... |
Bus Driver
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Rebecca Perle | ... |
Student in Shower
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Annie O'Donnell | ... |
Telephone Operator
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Elizabeth Ruscio | ... |
Waitress
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Lloyd Nelson | ... |
Deputy
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John H. Brewer | ... |
Sgt. Major in Court
(as Sgt. Maj. John H. Brewer)
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Michael Maurer | ... |
Bouncer in Bar
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Tom Ellison | ... |
Marine Corporal
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Russell Appling | ... |
Dock Marine (uncredited)
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Mike George | ... |
Musician (uncredited)
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John Clark McKinnon | ... |
Marine Trumpet Player (uncredited)
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Dan L. Porter | ... |
Self / Marine (uncredited)
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Stan Rodarte | ... |
Dancer in bar (uncredited)
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David Roth | ... |
Jail Booking Officer (uncredited)
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William Walker | ... |
Sailor On Bus (uncredited)
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Tom Willett | ... |
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
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Directed by
Clint Eastwood |
Written by
James Carabatsos | ... | (written by) |
Dennis Hackin | ... | () (uncredited) |
Joseph Stinson | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
Clint Eastwood | ... | producer |
Fritz Manes | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Lennie Niehaus |
Cinematography by
Jack N. Green | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Joel Cox |
Editorial Department
Donah Bassett | ... | negative cutter |
Michael Cipriano | ... | assistant editor |
Jack Garsha | ... | color timer |
Production Design by
Edward C. Carfagno | ... | (as Edward Carfagno) |
Set Decoration by
Robert R. Benton |
Makeup Department
Kathryn Blondell | ... | hair stylist (as Kathy Blondell) |
E. Thomas Case | ... | makeup artist (as Tom Case) |
Production Management
Fritz Manes | ... | unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
L. Dean Jones Jr. | ... | second assistant director |
Michael Looney | ... | second assistant director |
Paul Moen | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
Edward Aiona | ... | property master |
William J. Foley | ... | lead man (as Bill Foley) |
Kelly Hudson | ... | stand-by painter |
Michael Muscarella | ... | construction coordinator |
Robert E. Sessa | ... | set designer (as Robert Sessa) |
Bill Gold | ... | poster designer (uncredited) |
Mark Rich | ... | property master (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Rick Alexander | ... | re-recording mixer (as Dick Alexander) |
Neil Burrow | ... | sound editor |
Scott Burrow | ... | sound editor |
Teri E. Dorman | ... | sound editor |
Jay Engel | ... | adr editor |
Les Fresholtz | ... | re-recording mixer |
Joseph Geisinger | ... | cable person |
Dee Dee Goetz | ... | assistant sound editor |
Ron Harris | ... | adr mixer |
Robert G. Henderson | ... | supervising sound editor (as Robert Henderson) |
David Horton Sr. | ... | sound editor (as D. Michael Horton) |
Bruce Lacey | ... | sound editor |
Alan Robert Murray | ... | supervising sound editor (as Alan Murray) |
Bill Nelson | ... | sound mixer (as William Nelson) |
Richard Oswald | ... | sound editor |
Vern Poore | ... | re-recording mixer |
Jules Strasser | ... | boom operator |
Brooke Henderson Ward | ... | assistant sound editor (as Brooke H. Ward) |
Greg Orloff | ... | foley mixer (uncredited) |
John Roesch | ... | foley artist (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Chuck Gaspar | ... | special effects |
Jeffrey A. Wischnack | ... | special effects technician (uncredited) |
Stunts
Buddy Van Horn | ... | stunt coordinator (as Wayne Van Horn) |
Tom Ellison | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
George Orrison | ... | stunt double: Clint Eastwood (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Ed Ayer | ... | best boy |
Kirk Bales | ... | dolly grip (as Kirk E. Bales) |
Mike Chevalier | ... | additional camera operator (as Michael Chevalier) |
Danny Falkengren | ... | second grip (as Dan Falkengren) |
Buzz Feitshans IV | ... | assistant camera: second unit |
Bill Foley | ... | camera loader |
Christopher Dunn George | ... | assistant camera (as Christopher George) |
Jeff Gershman | ... | assistant camera: second unit |
Larry Hezzelwood | ... | assistant camera: second unit |
Cindy Kurland | ... | assistant camera |
Marcia Reed | ... | still photographer |
Douglas Ryan | ... | additional camera operator (as Doug Ryan) |
Charles Saldana | ... | key grip |
Stephen St. John | ... | camera operator |
Marc Staton | ... | assistant camera |
Baird Steptoe | ... | assistant camera |
Tom Stern | ... | gaffer |
Peter N. Green | ... | camera department intern (uncredited) |
James A. Lundin | ... | generator operator (uncredited) |
Víctor Pérez | ... | lighting technician (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Christopher Gorman | ... | casting assistant |
Phyllis Huffman | ... | casting executive |
Tina Real | ... | extras casting: local (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Darryl M. Athons | ... | wardrobe: men (as Darryl Athons) |
Deborah Hopper | ... | wardrobe: women (as Deborah Ann Hopper) |
Glenn Wright | ... | costume supervisor |
Music Department
Robert Fernandez | ... | scoring mixer (as Bobby Fernandez) |
Donald Harris | ... | music editor |
Lennie Niehaus | ... | conductor |
Tom Boyd | ... | musician: oboe soloist (uncredited) / oboe soloist (uncredited) |
Malcolm McNab | ... | musician: trumpet (uncredited) |
Louise Di Tullio | ... | musician: flute (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Lloyd Nelson | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Keith Dillin | ... | transportation coordinator |
Jack Grant | ... | transportation captain |
Additional Crew
Marco Barla | ... | unit publicist |
Bundy Chanock | ... | set medic |
Judie Hoyt | ... | assistant to producer |
Linda Sony Kinney | ... | production secretary |
Cindy Lasher | ... | first aid (as Cynthia Lasher) |
Michael Maurer | ... | assistant to producer / auditor |
Russell Appling | ... | military liaison (uncredited) / production assistant (uncredited) |
James D. Dever | ... | technical advisor: military (uncredited) |
Joe Hyams | ... | studio publicity executive (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Jay Weston Productions (in association with)
- The Malpaso Company
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1987) (United States) (theatrical)
- Roadshow Films (1986) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1987) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Warner-Columbia Film (1987) (France) (theatrical)
- Warner-Columbia Film (1987) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (1987) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1988) (West Germany) (VHS)
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1990) (United States) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (2002) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Columbia-Cannon-Warner (1987) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1987) (India) (theatrical)
- Warner Española S.A. (1989) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Warner-Columbia Films (1987) (Finland) (theatrical)
- 7Mate (2020) (Australia) (tv)
- Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
- Audio Visual Enterprises (1988) (Greece) (VHS)
- Fazer Musiikki Oy/Fazer Video (1980) (Finland) (VHS)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- ITI Home Video (1990) (Poland) (VHS)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1995) (Finland) (tv)
- Nelonen (2000) (Finland) (tv)
- Varus Video (Russia) (VHS)
- Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland (2010) (Finland) (Blu-ray)
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2001) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2002) (Italy) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (1987) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1987) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (United States) (laserdisc)
- Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1993) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment (camera cranes)
- Pacific Title (titles)
- Pacific Titles & Optical (opticals)
- Technicolor Sound Services (post-production sound services: absorbed rights)
- Tony's Food Service (catering)
- Warner Bros. Sound (post-production sound services)
- Weddington Productions (post-production sound services)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
1983. Thomas Highway (Clint Eastwood) is a well-decorated career military man in the United States Marine Corps, he who has seen action in Korea and Vietnam. His current rank is Gunnery Sergeant. His experiences have led him to become an opinionated, no nonsense man, who is prone to bursts of violence, especially when he's drunk, if the situation does not suit him, regardless of the specifics or people involved. Because of these actions, he has spent his fair share of overnighters behind bars. Close to retirement, one of his last assignments, one he requested, is back at his old unit at Cherry Point, North Carolina, from where he was transferred for insubordination and conduct unbecoming. He is to train a reconnaissance platoon. His superior officer, the much younger and combat inexperienced Major Malcolm Powers (Everett McGill), sees Highway as a relic of an old-styled military. Highway's commanding officer, Lieutenant Ring (Boyd Gaines), the platoon leader, is also a younger man who has no combat experience, but is academically inclined and happy-go-lucky. Highway finds that his team is a rag-tag bunch of slackers, who includes wannabe rock musician Corporal Stitch Jones (Mario Van Peebles), with whom Highway had an inauspicious earlier meeting. The men in the platoon, who truly believe Highway is crazy, hate him, and don't understand why they have to follow his harsh training regimen when the United States is not currently at war. The Major, who is all about efficiency regardless of combat readiness, has the same views of Highway. He is clear that he sees Highway's platoon solely as a training mechanism for his own elite squad trained by Highway's nemesis, Staff Sergeant Webster (Moses Gunn). Things for Highway and his platoon change when the United States enters into war in Grenada. Through it all, Highway tries to reconnect with his bar waitress ex-wife Aggie (Marsha Mason), he even clandestinely reading women's magazines to understand her better. Two primary obstacles stand in his way: Roy Jennings (Bo Svenson), Aggie's boss and current suitor who hates Marines, and Aggie's own remembrance of how dysfunctional their marriage was. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | ... the scars run deep. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $15,000,000 (estimated) |
Opening Weekend United States | $8,100,840, 07 Dec 1986 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The use of a credit card to place a long-distance landline fire support is based on an actual event in the Operation Urgent Fury Grenada action. A U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. rescuing the Governor General placed a calling card call to S.O.C.O.M., which brought an AC-130 gunship to bear on an A.P.C. that was firing on them. See more » |
Goofs | Even if he did not like the individual, it is extremely unprofessional for a Marine officer like Major Powers to not render the proper courtesies towards a Medal of Honor recipient, which Highway was. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Heartbreak Ridge/Solarbabies/Little Shop of Horrors/Defense of the Realm (1986). See more » |
Soundtracks | Sea of Heartbreak See more » |
Crazy Credits | The opening Warner Bros. logo is black and white. See more » |
Quotes |
Jail Binger:
I don't like soldier boys. Highway: Say what? Jail Binger: If you wanna pop that puppy's can you don't have to grease him so hard, jarhead. Highway: Well, it sounds like you're a man of experience. Jail Binger: What the hell's that supposed to mean, grunge shit. Highway: It means: Be advised. I'm mean, nasty and tired. I eat concertina wire and piss napalm and I can put a round in a flea's ass at 200 meters. So why don't you go hump somebody else's leg, mutt face, before I push yours in. Jail Binger: Ain't gonna be so smart with your balls stuffed in your mouth, jarhead! Highway: [hands cigar to the young man] Hang on to this, boy. I think war's just been declared. See more » |