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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Writer:
Dan Gordon (written by)
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Release Date:
16 March 1984 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Sergeant major Zack Carey believed in Truth, Justice and America. Until the sheriff of a little town put his only son into jail of a crime he hadn't done. And now sergeant major Zack Carey has changed his mind. (original Finnish poster tagline) more
Plot:
Sergeant Major Zak Carey is serving what is his final tour of duty at an Army base somewhere in the South... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
A fun Movie more (13 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Garner ... Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Zack Carey
Shirley Jones ... LaDonna Carey

C. Thomas Howell ... William 'Billy' Carey
Mark Herrier ... SSgt. Jerry Elliott, 'Soldier' Magazine Reporter
Sandy Ward ... Maj. Gen. V.E. Hubik

Jenilee Harrison ... Sarah, Hooker

James Cromwell ... Deputy Euclid Baker
Dorian Harewood ... Sfc. Ed Tippet, Provost Marshal's Office
G.D. Spradlin ... Sheriff Cyrus Buelton
John Hancock ... Mess MSgt. Johnson

Guy Boyd ... Sgt. Wimofsky
Dan Albright ... TV Reporter #1 (as Daniel Albright)
Gerald A. Atkins ... Food Server
Ron Baskin ... Deputy #1
Keith Jerome Brown ... Tank Motor Pool Man
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Runtime:
113 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Filmed at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia. more
Goofs:
Plot holes: After Zack pulls up to the Sheriff's office with the tank, he asks the deputy where the Sheriff is. The deputy says that he is meeting with the Governor. Zack then destroys the telephone call boxes and the patrol car. In the next scene you see the Sheriff talking to the Governor telling him that Zack has destroyed his office, a patrol car, and so on. How would he have know that if no one could call and tell him? more
Quotes:
Sheriff Buelton: Ok Sambo, Ok... You win this one... But there's more than one way to skin a cat.
Sfc. Ed Tippet, Provost Marshal's Office: You better believe there is, Jim.
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Movie Connections:
References Gone with the Wind (1939) more
Soundtrack:
SATURDAY GIRL more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
A fun Movie, 27 March 2005
7/10
Author: bgarry999 from United States

This is an old fashion good vs. evil movie that is fun. Movies don't always have to have some heavy deep plot. Sometimes it's great to watch a movie that is fun that you can cheer, and this is one of them. It's now over 20 years old, but it still holds up as a fun movies to watch and enjoy.

A big surprise will be to many is to see James Cormwell playing a simple deputy sheriff, and what Command Sergeant Major Carey does to him.

James Gardner, as always, carries the film very well. He is a very believable CSM, and Shirley Jones has a military wife down pat. A young C. Thomas Howell does a good job too as a military son. G.D. Spradlin plays the very mean Sheriff that is very easy to hate. And Jenilee Harrison did this movie at the same time she began a two year run on Dallas, and she looks great in this movie. The whole cast together works great for this movie, and it's great for the whole family.

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