A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.
Cast
Keith Carradine
Spencer
Powers Boothe
Hardin
Fred Ward
Reece
Franklyn Seales
Simms
T.K. Carter
Cribbs
Lewis Smith
Stuckey
Les Lannom
Casper
Peter Coyote
Poole
Alan Autry
Bowden
Brion James
Trapper
Sonny Landham
Hunter
Allan Graf
Hunter
Ned Dowd
Hunter
Rob Ryder
Hunter
Greg Guirard
Cajun Couple
June Borel
Cajun Couple
Jeanne-Louise Bulliard
Cajun Dancer
Orel Borel
Cajun Dancer
Jeannie Spector
Cajun Dancer
Marc Savoy
Cajun Musician
Frank Savoy
Cajun Musician
Dewey Balfa
Cajun Musician
John Stelly
Cajun Musician
Billy C. Chandler
Lincoln (uncredited)
Joseph Oliveira
Soldier (uncredited)
Crew
Walter Hill
Director, Screenplay
David Giler
Screenplay, Producer
Michael Kane
Screenplay
Freeman A. Davies
Editor
Teri E. Dorman
Assistant Editor
Carmel Davies
Assistant Editor
Lisa Zeno Churgin
Assistant Editor
Andrew Laszlo
Director of Photography
Jim Schurmann
Color Timer
Pat Kehoe
First Assistant Director
Robert Roe
Second Assistant Director
Lisbeth Wynn-Owen
Production Coordinator
William J. Immerman
Executive Producer
John Vallone
Production Design
Neil Roach
Camera Operator
James Etheridge
Camera Operator
Dick Montagne
Assistant Camera
Richard Craig Meinardus
Assistant Camera
Lynn Lockwood
Assistant Camera
Judith Holstra
Casting
Bea Lindzon
Extras Casting
Tom Bronson
Costume Supervisor
Dan Moore
Costumer
Dagmar Loesch
Hairstylist
Michael Germain
Makeup Artist
Gordon Ecker
Supervising Sound Editor
Randy Kelley
Sound Editor
Wylie Stateman
Sound Editor
Bob Newlan
Assistant Sound Editor
Bill Nicholson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Glenn E. Anderson
Production Sound Mixer
Tony Romero
Production Sound Mixer
James Utterback
Production Sound Mixer
Walter A. Gest
Sound Recordist
Allen Sides
Scoring Mixer
Lawrence J. Cavanaugh
Special Effects
Ry Cooder
Original Music Composer, Music Arranger
Jim Henrikson
Music Editor
Ronnie Baker
Transportation Coordinator
Judith Bernardoni
Production Accountant
Florian Schereck
Assistant Accountant
Stan Gilbert
Dialogue Editor
Francis N. 'Lucky' Costello
Painter
Robert Gould
Set Decoration
Steve Lombardi
Propmaker
James Zenk
Still Photographer
Mary Ann Newfield
Script Supervisor
Mary F. Galloway
Location Manager
Johnny Lattanzio
Paint Coordinator
Rock A. Walker
Stunts
Gregg Brazzel
Stunts
Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunts
Max Kleven
Stunts
Melvin Jones
Stunts
Bennie E. Dobbins
Stunt Coordinator
Bruce Kasson
Property Master
Craig Raiche
Property Master
Jack Hooper
Negative Cutter
John London
Grip
Jay Davis
Grip
Tom D. May
Grip
Ross A. Maehl
Gaffer
Gene Levy
Unit Production Manager
Mary Meacham
Title Designer
Venetia Stevenson
Executive In Charge Of Production
Lyla Foggia
Unit Publicist
Gus Basso
Greensman
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