Movie
Glory
Overview
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Details
- Release date
- 1989-12-15
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Freddie Fields Productions, TriStar Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Matthew Broderick as Col. Robert Gould Shaw
- Denzel Washington as Pvt. Trip
- Cary Elwes as Maj. Cabot Forbes
- Morgan Freeman as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
- Jihmi Kennedy as Pvt. Jupiter Sharts
- Andre Braugher as Cpl. Thomas Searles
- John Finn as Sgt. Maj. Mulcahy
- Donovan Leitch as Capt. Charles Fessenden Morse
- JD Cullum as Henry Sturgis Russell
- Bob Gunton as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker
- Cliff DeYoung as Col. James M. Montgomery
- Christian Baskous as Edward L. Pierce
Crew
- Edward Zwick - Director
- Kevin Jarre - Screenplay
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