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Charlie Sheen plays a rebellious inmate in an Army stockade.Charlie Sheen plays a rebellious inmate in an Army stockade.Charlie Sheen plays a rebellious inmate in an Army stockade.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Tom McBeath
- Principal
- (as Tom Mcbeath)
Jenn Griffin
- Tattooist
- (as Jennifer Griffin)
Laurence Fishburne
- Stokes
- (as Larry Fishburne)
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Storyline
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- TriviaGary Busey was cast as McKinney. However, nine days into production, Busey's erratic behavior on set caused director Martin Sheen to fire him and step into the role himself.
- GoofsThe flags in the courtroom are reversed; the flag of the United States should be positioned to its own right of any other flag or standard, even on an American military installation on foreign soil. Also U.S. Army flags or standards, even the National Flag, should have spearhead pole finials instead of eagle pole finials. Eagles are reserved for civilian flags and the President of the United States.
- Quotes
[repeated line]
Cpl. Gerald Gessner: Gig for Bean!
- SoundtracksChain Gang
Written by Sam Cooke
Featured review
Great acting ensemble creates a riveting drama.
Reading Maltin's summary may steer you away from a film which, after an unpromising beginning, develops into a gripping drama, aided no end by superb acting from the nine very individual players in this film: Charlie Sheen, as the white prisoner incarcerated with five black soldiers in a military stockade, the two very different white guards, and Martin Sheen as the bullying and racist Sergeant who causes the tension to mount as his personal problems drive him to take out his frustrations on his charges. Martin Sheen perhaps gives the weakest, because least believable, characterization. It is Charlie Sheen as the initially wary room mate and the five finely etched black prisoners, all very good in their roles, who forge a memorable dramatic scenario out of their situation. Martin Sheen's sole directorial effort makes the most of the increasingly tense story-line. See it, it's good!
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Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,070,871
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $173,601
- Jan 21, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $2,070,871
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