The read
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the form of The Ten, a secret group of the elite students. They want Pearce to leave on his own free will, but are prepared to torture him to make it 'his free will'. Will is forced to help Pearce and he is prepared to risk his own career to do so.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
52 audience votes
Key crew
- Franc RoddamDirector
- Thomas PopeScreenplay
- Lloyd FonvielleScreenplay
Cast
- David KeithWill McLean
- Robert ProskyCol. 'Bear' Berrineau
- G.D. SpradlinGen. Bentley Durrell
- Barbara BabcockAbigail St. Croix
- Michael BiehnJohn Alexander
- Rick RossovichDante `Pig` Pignetti
- Mitchell LichtensteinTradd St. Croix
- Mark BrelandTom Pearce
- Malcolm DanarePoteete
- Judge ReinholdMacabbee
- Bill PaxtonGilbreath
- Dean R. MillerGooch
Stills
Themes
racism