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Southern Comfort

1981-09-24 · 106 min · ★ 6.8

Thriller · Action

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 CarradineKeith CarradineSpencer
Powers BoothePowers BootheHardin
Fred WardFred WardReece
Franklyn SealesFranklyn SealesSimms
T.K. CarterT.K. CarterCribbs
Lewis SmithLewis SmithStuckey
Les LannomLes LannomCasper
Peter CoyotePeter CoyotePoole
Alan AutryAlan AutryBowden
Brion JamesBrion JamesTrapper
Sonny LandhamSonny LandhamHunter
Allan GrafAllan GrafHunter
Ned DowdNed DowdHunter
Rob RyderHunter
Greg GuirardCajun Couple
June BorelCajun Couple
Jeanne-Louise BulliardCajun Dancer
Orel BorelCajun Dancer
Jeannie SpectorCajun Dancer
Marc SavoyMarc SavoyCajun Musician

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