Movie
Cadence
Overview
As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. But instead of falling victim to racial hatred, the soldier joins forces with his fellow prisoners and rises up against the insanely tyrannical and bigoted prison warden.
Details
- Release date
- 1990-11-16
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- The Movie Group, Republic Pictures
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Charlie Sheen as Pfc. Franklin Fairchild Bean
- Martin Sheen as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
- Laurence Fishburne as Roosevelt Stokes
- Blu Mankuma as Eugene 'Spoonman' Bryce
- Michael Beach as Edward James Webb
- Harry Stewart as Harry 'Sweetbread' Crane
- James Marshall as Cpl. Harold Lamar
- Ramon Estevez as Cpl. Gerald Gessner
- Lochlyn Munro as Bartender
- Matt Clark as Bean Sr.
- Tom McBeath as Principal
- Samantha Langevin as Mrs. Vito
Crew
- Martin Sheen - Director
- Martin Sheen - Writer
- Dennis Shryack - Screenplay
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