

Courage Under Fire
1996-07-04 · 116 min · ★ 6.6
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...
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Production details
- Directors
- Edward Zwick
- Production companies
- Davis Entertainment, Fox 2000 Pictures, Joseph M. Singer Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 46,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 100,900,000
Top Cast
Denzel WashingtonLieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
Meg RyanCaptain Karen Emma Walden
Lou Diamond PhillipsStaff Sergeant John Monfriez
Michael MoriartyBrigadier General Hershberg
Matt DamonIlario
Bronson PinchotBruno
Seth GilliamStephen Altameyer
Regina TaylorMeredith Serling
Željko IvanekBanacek
Scott GlennGartner
Tim GuineeRady
Tim RansomBoylar
Sean AstinPatella
Mark Adair-RiosBobcat 5
Ned VaughnChelli
Manny PerezJenkins
Sean Patrick ThomasThompson
Ken JenkinsJoel WaldenTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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