

Southern Comfort
1981-09-24 · 106 min · ★ 6.8
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.
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- Directors
- Walter Hill
- Production companies
- Cinema Group Ventures, Phoenix (II), 20th Century Fox
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Keith CarradineSpencer
Powers BootheHardin
Fred WardReece
Franklyn SealesSimms
T.K. CarterCribbs
Lewis SmithStuckey
Les LannomCasper
Peter CoyotePoole
Alan AutryBowden
Brion JamesTrapper
Sonny LandhamHunter
Allan GrafHunter
Ned DowdHunter
Marc SavoyCajun MusicianTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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