Taps

Taps (1981)

This school is our home, we think it's worth defending.

  • Genre: War, Drama
  • Release Date: 1981-12-20
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 263 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 6min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Harold Becker
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Trailer

Summary

Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.

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  • George C. Scott

    as General Harlan Bache
  • Timothy Hutton

    as Cadet Major Brian Moreland
  • Ronny Cox

    as Colonel Kerby
  • Sean Penn

    as Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
  • Tom Cruise

    as Cadet Captain David Shawn
  • John P. Navin, Jr.

    as Derek Mellott
  • Billy Van Zandt

    as Bug
  • Evan Handler

    as Edward West
  • Giancarlo Esposito

    as Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
  • Brendan Ward

    as Charlie Auden
  • Donald Kimmel

    as Billy Harris
  • Timothy Wahrer

    as Cadet Major John Cooper
  • Tim Riley

    as Hulk
  • Jeff Rochlin

    as Shovel
  • Rusty Jacobs

    as Rusty
  • Jess Osuna

    as Dean Ferris
  • David Reed

    as Townnie
  • Earl Hindman

    as Lieutenant Hanson
  • Ed Spinelli

    as Townie (uncredited)
Writing James Lineberger Adaptation
Sound Maurice Jarre Original Music Composer
Camera Owen Roizman Director of Photography
Writing Darryl Ponicsan Screenplay
Production Howard B. Jaffe Producer
Writing Devery Freeman Novel
Directing Harold Becker Director
Editing Maury Winetrobe Editor
Production Stanley R. Jaffe Producer
Writing Robert Mark Kamen Screenplay
Art Alfred Sweeney Art Direction
Art Carl Biddiscombe Set Decoration
Production Shirley Rich Casting
Art Stan Jolley Art Direction
Crew David R. Ellis Stunts
Crew Andrew Overholtzer Special Effects
Crew Brian Smrz Stunts