Movie
Dogfight
Overview
In the fall of 1963, Eddie Birdlace is an 18-year-old Marine Corps volunteer who is about to ship out with three of his buddies for a tour of duty in Vietnam. Planning a massive blowout for their last night in San Francisco, Eddie, his buddies, and a number of other Marines set up a contest they call a "dogfight”.
Details
- Release date
- 1991-10-04
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Peter Newman Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- River Phoenix as Eddie Birdlace
- Lili Taylor as Rose Fenny
- Richard Panebianco as Berzin
- Anthony Clark as Oakie
- Mitchell Whitfield as Benjamin
- Holly Near as Rose Sr.
- E. G. Daily as Marcie
- Sue Morales as Ruth Two Bears
- Christina Mastin as Linda
- Christopher Shaw as Donavin
- John Lacy as Fector
- Chris San Nicholas as Dogfight Buddy
Crew
- Nancy Savoca - Director
- Bob Comfort - Screenplay
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