Film
Taps
1981 · 2h 6m · Drama
“This school is our home, we think it's worth defending.”
- IMDb
- 6.8
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 69%
- Metacritic
- 49
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Overview
Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.
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Cast
George C. Scott
General Harlan Bache
Timothy Hutton
Cadet Major Brian Moreland
Ronny Cox
Colonel Kerby
Sean Penn
Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
Tom Cruise
Cadet Captain David Shawn
John P. Navin Jr.
Derek Mellott
Billy Van Zandt
Bug
Evan Handler
Edward West
Giancarlo Esposito
Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
Brendan Ward
Charlie Auden
Donald Kimmel
Billy Harris
Timothy Wahrer
Cadet Major John Cooper
Tim Riley
Hulk
Jeff Rochlin
Shovel
Rusty Jacobs
Rusty
Jess Osuna
Dean Ferris
Crew
- Harold BeckerDirector
- Darryl PonicsanScreenplay
- Robert Mark KamenScreenplay
- Devery FreemanNovel
- Stanley R. JaffeProducer
- Howard B. JaffeProducer
- Owen RoizmanDirector of Photography
- Maurice JarreOriginal Music Composer
- Maury WinetrobeEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- December 20, 1981
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $14,000,000
- Revenue
- $35,900,000
- Genres
- Drama
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