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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:

Marvin J. Chomsky

Writer:

Dan Gordon (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

16 March 1984 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Drama | Comedy more

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:

Zack is a Command Sergeant Major assigned to his last post before leaving the service. He is a colorful... 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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Additional Details

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Fort Benning, Georgia, USA more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The actor who played the Governor of Georgia, Wallace Wilkinson (1927-2001), shared his name, but no relation, with a man who would be Governor of Kentucky three years after the film's release, Wallace G. Wilkinson (1941-2002), who served a single term as Kentucky's Governor from 1987 to 1991, and had no record as an actor. more

Goofs:

Continuity: When the Sheriff lists the damage Zack Carey has done to the town, he includes "one 1974 Chevrolet". When Carey destroyed the deputy's house, he actually flattened a 1973 Chevrolet. more

Quotes:

Zack: We're not runnin' from the law. We're runnin' *to* the law. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Alien Space Avenger (1989) 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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