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Edward Zwick's spectacular tribute to the soldiers who fought in the first black regiment raised in the North to fight the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

Keywords:

Action, Comedy, Drama, War, History, Based-on-Novel, Based-on-True-Story, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Based-on-Book

Additional Information:

(1989) (USA) (5 Star)

Cast:

Matthew Broderick	.... Col. Robert Gould Shaw
Denzel Washington	.... Pvt. Trip
Cary Elwes	.... Maj. Cabot Forbes
Morgan Freeman	.... Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Jihmi Kennedy	.... Pvt. Jupiter Sharts
Andre Braugher	.... Cpl. Thomas Searles

Supporting Cast:

John Finn	.... Sgt. Maj. Mulcahy
Donovan Leitch	.... Capt. Charles Fessenden Morse
JD Cullum	.... Henry Sturgis Russell
Alan North	.... Gov. John Albion Andrew
Bob Gunton	.... Gen. Harker
Cliff de Young	.... Col. James M. Montgomery
Christian Baskous	.... Edward L. Pierce
RonReaco Lee	.... Mute drummer boy
Jay O. Sanders	.... Gen. George Crockett Strong
Richard Riehle	.... Kendric
Daniel Jenkins	.... 'A' Co. officer
Michael Smith Guess	.... 'A' Co. soldier
Abdul Salaam El Razzac	.... 'A' Co. soldier
Peter Michael Goetz	.... Francis George Shaw

Directors:

Edward Zwick

Writers:

Robert Gould Shaw
Lincoln Kirstein