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A Balasaur Score of 38 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 10%, Metacritic 22/100. Audiences rate it 31 points higher than critics do. Most of the 376 1980s adventure movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the war unfold in large-scale grandeur.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 31 points higher than critics do.
133 audience votes
Key crew
- Hugh HudsonDirector
- John CoriglianoOriginal Music Composer
- Robert DillonScreenplay
Cast
- Al PacinoTom Dobb
- Donald SutherlandSgt. Maj. Peasy
- Nastassja KinskiDaisy McConnahay
- Joan PlowrightMrs. McConnahay
- Dave KingMr. McConnahay
- Dexter FletcherNed Dobb
- Sid OwenYoung Ned
- Richard O'BrienLord Hampton
- Steven BerkoffSgt. Jones
- Annie LennoxLiberty Woman
- Paul BrookeLord Darling
- Graham GreeneOngwata
