Film
Southern Comfort
1981· R· 1h 46m· Thriller· War
“It's the land of hospitality... unless you don't belong there.”
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.
1981-09-24
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Key Crew
DirectorWalter Hill
ScreenplayDavid Giler
ProducerDavid Giler
Director of PhotographyAndrew Laszlo
Original Music ComposerRy Cooder
EditorFreeman A. Davies
Full cast & crew (25 cast · 50 crew)
Details
Released1981-09-24
Runtime1h 46m · R
StatusReleased
StudiosCinema Group Ventures · Phoenix (II) · 20th Century Fox
LanguagesFrench · English
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating6.9/10 · 362 votes
Original languageen
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