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.
Acting
Fishburne's magnetic Roosevelt vs. Martin Sheen's unhinged warden.
Direction
Martin Sheen directing himself as the villain? Absolute chaos.
Director
Martin Sheen
Charlie Sheen
Pfc. Franklin Fairchild Bean
Martin Sheen
MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
Laurence Fishburne
Roosevelt Stokes
Blu Mankuma
Eugene 'Spoonman' Bryce
Michael Beach
Edward James Webb
James Marshall
Cpl. Harold Lamar
Ramon Estevez
Cpl. Gerald Gessner
Lochlyn Munro
Bartender
Matt Clark
Bean Sr.
Tom McBeath
Principal
John Toles-Bey
Lawrence
Christopher Judge
Psych. Ward M.P. #1
Brent Stait
Psych. Ward M.P. #2
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Martin Sheen took over directing after the original director dropped out, making this a true father-son family affair with Charlie.
Based on Gordon Weaver's novel, the film quietly predicted conversations about military racism that wouldn't hit mainstream cinema until years later.
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