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6.9A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
Released: 1986-12-05130 minDir: Clint EastwoodWar, DramaBudget: $15.0MBox office: $42.7M
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Gunnery Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' Highway
- Marsha Mason as Aggie
- Everett McGill as Major Malcolm A. Powers
- Moses Gunn as Staff Sergeant Webster
- Mario Van Peebles as Corporal 'Stitch' Jones
- Eileen Heckart as Little Mary Jackson
Themes
- war veteran
- patriotism
- recruit
~16 min read
Article
Heartbreak Ridge is a 1986 American war film directed, produced by, and starring Clint Eastwood. The film co-stars Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, and Mario Van Peebles, and was released in the United States on December 5, 1986. The story centers on a U.S. Marine nearing retirement who gets a platoon of undisciplined Marines into shape and leads them during the American invasion of Grenada in 1983.
The title comes from the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge in the Korean War, in which Eastwood's character had been awarded the Medal of Honor.