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2000 • 2h 8min • R • Drama, War

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"A hero should never have to stand alone."

A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.

IMDb 6.4

RT 37%

MC 45

Director

William Friedkin

Writer

Stephen Gaghan

Composer

Mark Isham

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Tommy Lee Jones

Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II

Samuel L. Jackson

Col. Terry L. Childers

Guy Pearce

Maj. Mark Biggs

Ben Kingsley

Ambassador Mourain

Bruce Greenwood

National Security Advisor Bill Sokal

Anne Archer

Mrs. Mourain

Blair Underwood

Capt. Lee

Philip Baker Hall

Gen. H. Lawrence Hodges

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