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About
Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.
Theatrical
Dec 20, 1981
Box Office
$35.9M
Budget
$14.0M
Return
2.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 5, 2002
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
20th Century Fox
Cast
Full credits →G
George C. Scott
General Harlan Bache
T
Timothy Hutton
Cadet Major Brian Moreland
R
Ronny Cox
Colonel Kerby
S
Sean Penn
Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
Tom Cruise
Cadet Captain David Shawn
J
John P. Navin Jr.
Derek Mellott
B
Billy Van Zandt
Bug
E
Evan Handler
Edward West
G
Giancarlo Esposito
Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
B
Brendan Ward
Charlie Auden
T
Timothy Wahrer
Cadet Major John Cooper
J
Jess Osuna
Dean Ferris
E
Earl Hindman
Lieutenant Hanson
E
Ed Spinelli
Townie (uncredited)
