Movie
Casualties of War
Overview
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
Details
- Release date
- 1989-08-18
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael J. Fox as Private Eriksson
- Sean Penn as Sgt. Tony Meserve
- Don Harvey as Cpl. Thomas E. Clark
- John C. Reilly as Private Herbert Hatcher
- John Leguizamo as Private Antonio Diaz
- Thuy Thu Le as Oanh
- Erik King as Brown
- Jack Gwaltney as Rowan
- Ving Rhames as Lt. Reilly
- Wendell Pierce as MacIntire
- Sam Robards as Chaplain Kirk
- Dan Martin as Sgt. Hawthorne
Crew
- Brian De Palma - Director
- David Rabe - Screenplay
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