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User Rating:
6.9/10   174 votes
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Director:
Glenn Jordan
Writers:
Lucian Truscott IV (novel)
Gore Vidal (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
9 March 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
Plot:
When a first-classman's insignia is found on the riverbank near the drowned body of plebe David Hand... more | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. more
User Comments:
For 1986 this was daring more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Eddie Albert ... Judge Hand
Patrik Baldauff ... AIA agent

Alec Baldwin ... Rysam 'Ry' Slaight

Jason Beghe ... Hank Beaumont

Lloyd Bridges ... Gen. Axel Rylander
Patrick Cassidy ... David Hand

Richard Doyle ... AIA agent
Cameron Dye ... Buck

Tom Everett ... AIA agent
Arthur French ... AIA agent
Rick Goldman ... Airman
David Harum ... Cadet Barham
Patricia Herd ... Secretary

Susan Hess ... Elizabeth Hand
Hal Holbrook ... Gen. Charles Hedges
Gary Kasper ... Cullinan

Joseph Kell ... Winant
Steve Kosko ... Area sergeant
Louise Latham ... Mrs. Loerna Tutwiler

Alma Martínez ... Hedge's secretary
Peter Nelson ... Barnes
Cecilia Peck ... Helen

Ron Rifkin ... Maj. Consor
Albert Salmi ... Sgt. Oliphant
James Sikking ... Maj. Clifford Bassett

Alexis Smith ... Mrs. Iris Rylander

Lane Smith ... Col. King
Timothy Van Patten ... Lugar (as Tim van Patten)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
192 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: During the search for Cadet Hand's body, the helicopter pilot spots the body in the river. Hand's head is above water, over a log, and his neck is arched, with his head looking forward. When the divers get to the body, Hand's head is face down in the water. more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
For 1986 this was daring, 4 May 2005
7/10
Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

A new student named David Hand (Patrick Cassidy) is found murdered at the Grant Military Academy. They discover that he had sex with another man before he died. It also turns out he was in love with Rysam Slaight (Alec Baldwin) who is straight...and innocent. But the academy is trying to charge him. Then Hands' sister comes to investigate...

It may seem very tame today, but on TV in the late 1980s, gay characters didn't exist. The only reason this made it on was probably that the gay men in this are "punished" (like Hand) or hate themselves for what they did. Still, for TV, they're portrayed pretty sensitively. But the subject is tiptoed around. People talk and talk and TALK about it till you're ready to scream. Also this movie runs OVER 3 hours! There's no need for it to go that long.

Still it is well written with good performances--especially By Baldwin who was still unknown at this point. So it's kind of worth watching...but have your finger on the fast forward button through some of the endless talking. I give it a 7.

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