Movie
The Lords of Discipline
Overview
Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the form of The Ten, a secret group of the elite students. They want Pearce to leave on his own free will, but are prepared to torture him to make it 'his free will'. Will is forced to help Pearce and he is prepared to risk his own career to do so.
Details
- Release date
- 1983-02-18
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- David Keith as Will McLean
- Robert Prosky as Col. 'Bear' Berrineau
- G.D. Spradlin as Gen. Bentley Durrell
- Barbara Babcock as Abigail St. Croix
- Michael Biehn as John Alexander
- Rick Rossovich as Dante `Pig` Pignetti
- Mitchell Lichtenstein as Tradd St. Croix
- Mark Breland as Tom Pearce
- Malcolm Danare as Poteete
- Judge Reinhold as Macabbee
- Bill Paxton as Gilbreath
- Dean R. Miller as Gooch
Crew
- Franc Roddam - Director
- Lloyd Fonvielle - Screenplay
- Thomas Pope - Screenplay
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