Movie
Hacksaw Ridge
Overview
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Details
- Release date
- 2016-10-07
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Summit Entertainment, Pandemonium, Cross Creek Pictures, Permut Presentations, Vendian Entertainment, Argent Pictures, IM Global, AI Film, Bliss Media, Kylin Pictures, Cosmos Filmed Entertainment, Icon Productions, Lionsgate
- Country
- Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Andrew Garfield as Desmond T. Doss
- Sam Worthington as Captain Glover
- Vince Vaughn as Sgt Howell
- Teresa Palmer as Dorothy Schuttle
- Luke Bracey as Smitty Ryker
- Hugo Weaving as Tom Doss
- Rachel Griffiths as Bertha Doss
- Ryan Corr as Lieutenant Manville
- Richard Roxburgh as Colonel Stelzer
- Goran D. Kleut as Andy 'Ghoul' Walker
- Luke Pegler as Milt 'Hollywood' Zane
- Firass Dirani as Vito Rinnelli
Crew
- Mel Gibson - Director
- Robert Schenkkan - Screenplay
- Andrew Knight - Screenplay
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