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Clint Eastwood
Gunnery Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' Highway
Marsha Mason
Aggie
Everett McGill
Major Malcolm A. Powers
Moses Gunn
Staff Sergeant Webster
Mario Van Peebles
Corporal 'Stitch' Jones
Eileen Heckart
Little Mary Jackson
Bo Svenson
Roy Jennings
Boyd Gaines
Lieutenant M.R. Ring
Arlen Dean Snyder
Sergeant Major Choozoo
Vincent Irizarry
Fragetti
Ramón Franco
Private Aponte
Tom Villard
Profile
Begonya Plaza
Private Aponte's Wife
Peter Jason
Major G.F. Devin
Mike Gomez
Private Quinones
Rodney Hill
Private Collins
Peter Koch
'Swede' Johanson
Richard Venture
Colonel Meyers
J.C. Quinn
Quartermaster Sgt.
John Eames
Judge Zane
Thom Sharp
Emcee
John Gallagher
Emcee
John Hostetter
Reese
Holly Shelton-Foy
Sarita Dwayne
Nicholas Worth
Jail Binger
Timothy Fall
Kid in Jail
Jon Pennell
Jail Crier
Trish Garland
Woman Marine Officer
George Hartmann
Bar Tough Guy
Darwyn Swalve
Bar Tough Guy
Christopher Michael
Marine
Steve Halsey
Bus Driver
Rebecca Perle
Student in Shower
Annie O'Donnell
Telephone Operator
Elizabeth Ruscio
Waitress
Lloyd Nelson
Deputy
Michael Maurer
Bouncer in Bar
Tom Ellison
Marine Corporal
Russell Appling
Dock Marine (uncredited)
Stan Rodarte
Dancer in Bar (uncredited)
Tom Willett
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Michael George
Musician (uncredited)

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Tue Dec 18 2018

***A more comedic version of “The Dirty Dozen,” but taking place in 1983 and starring Clint Eastwood*** Clint Eastwood’s "Heartbreak Ridge" (1986) stars Eastwood as a tough, soon-to-retire Marine gunnery sergeant who conflicts with the brass and his former-wife (Marsha Mason) as he takes command of a spoiled recon squad. The platoon is eventually deployed to Grenada in late October, 1983, in order to prevent a communist takeover and rescue some med students. Thirteen years after “The Dirty Dozen,” Eastwood recycles the plot and adds a lot of hip comedy. Although it’s not a great militar...