Word of Honor (2003)
Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army authority anxious to save its own face, an embarrassed federal government, and a threatened marriage, and entangled, furthermore, in his own past lives and present sense of guilt, must call on all his cleverness and his own inner toughness to fight his case.
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Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army authority anxious to save its own face, an embarrassed federal government, and a threatened marriage, and entangled, furthermore, in his own past lives and present sense of guilt, must call on all his cleverness and his own inner toughness to fight his case.
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Genre:Drama, TV Movie
Written By:Jacob Epstein, Jean-Yves Pitoun, Leslie Greif, Tom Topor
In Theaters:12/6/2003
Box Office:
Runtime:120 minutes
Studio:Voice Pictures, Jaffe/Braunstein Films, The Greif Company, Robbins Entertainment, Thinkfactory Media
Cast
Robert Markowitz
Director
Don Johnson
Benjamin Tyson
Jeanne Tripplehorn
Maj. Karen Harper
Sharon Lawrence
Marcy McClure Tyson
John Heard
Dr. Steven Brandt
Arliss Howard
J.D. Runnells
Peter MacNeill
Brig. Gen. Norm Van Arken
Peter Stebbings
Maj. Michael Taix
Jesse Johnson
Lt. Benjamin Tyson in Vietnam
Christopher Jacot
Young CPL. Lawrence Cane
Michael Adamthwaite
Young Beltran
Che Ayende
Young PFC Billy Sanchez
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