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Heartbreak Ridge
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
1986 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 130 min · War · Drama · 17 frames
Tagline
...the scars run deep.
Crew
- Screenplay: James Carabatsos, Joseph Stinson, Dennis Hackin
- Cinematography: Jack N. Green
- Edited by: Joel Cox
- Music: Lennie Niehaus
- Production design: Edward C. Carfagno
- Produced by: Clint Eastwood
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Gunnery Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' Highway
- Marsha Mason as Aggie
- Everett McGill as Major Malcolm A. Powers
- Moses Gunn as Staff Sergeant Webster
- Mario Van Peebles as Corporal 'Stitch' Jones
- Eileen Heckart as Little Mary Jackson
- Bo Svenson as Roy Jennings
- Boyd Gaines as Lieutenant M.R. Ring
- Arlen Dean Snyder as Sergeant Major Choozoo
- Vincent Irizarry as Fragetti
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Spanish, English
- Studios: Jay Weston Productions, Malpaso Productions
- Budget: $15,000,000
- Box office: $42,700,000
- Themes: war veteran, patriotism, recruit, battle assignment, marine, platoon, combat, military, us military
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