Thriller ·Action · United States of America · 1981 · 1h 46m

Southern Comfort

Southern Comfort poster
Director
Walter Hill
Cast
Keith Carradine as Spencer Powers Boothe as Hardin Fred Ward as Reece Franklyn Seales as Simms T.K. Carter as Cribbs Lewis Smith as Stuckey
Crew
Andrew Laszlo — Director of Photography Freeman A. Davies — Editor Ry Cooder — Original Music Composer Walter Hill — Screenplay David Giler — Screenplay Michael Kane — Screenplay
Tagline

It's the land of hospitality... unless you don't belong there.

Synopsis

A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.

Trailer Southern Comfort — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
rescuelouisianawildernessswampgorenational guardtrappoacherbayousurvivalmurdersoldier
Key Collaborators
Walter Hill Director Andrew Laszlo Director of Photography Freeman A. Davies Editor Ry Cooder Original Music Composer Walter Hill Screenplay David Giler Screenplay Michael Kane Screenplay David Giler Producer John Vallone Production Design
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