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Courage Under Fire

Not Rated

DramaThrillerMysteryWar

6.5/10(908 ratings)

A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...

07-04-1996

1h 56m

Courage Under Fire

Backdrop for Courage Under Fire

Main Cast

Movie Details

Production Info

Director:: Edward Zwick

Production:: Davis Entertainment, Fox 2000 Pictures, Joseph M. Singer Entertainment, 20th Century Fox

Revenue:: $100,900,000

Budget:: $46,000,000

Key Crew

Producer:: John Davis

Screenplay:: Patrick Sheane Duncan

Original Music Composer:: James Horner

Editor:: Steven Rosenblum

Director of Photography:: Roger Deakins

Locations and Languages

Country:: US

Filming:: US

Languages:: en

Main Cast

Denzel Washington

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