Courage Under Fire
A medal for honor. A search for justice. A battle for truth.
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job.He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor.At first all seems in order.But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...
- Director
- Edward Zwick
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Action
- Worldwide
- $101M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
31 billed performers
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Movie DNA
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Story overview
What It's About
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A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Courage Under Fire returned 2.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $46M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $101M
- Release date
- Jul 4, 1996
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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