
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.
Director:

Keith Carradine
Spencer

Powers Boothe
Hardin

Fred Ward
Reece

Franklyn Seales
Simms

T.K. Carter
Cribbs

Lewis Smith
Stuckey

Les Lannom
Casper

Peter Coyote
Poole

Alan Autry
Bowden

Brion James
Trapper

Sonny Landham
Hunter

Allan Graf
Hunter

Ned Dowd
Hunter

Rob Ryder
Hunter

Greg Guirard
Cajun Couple

June Borel
Cajun Couple

Jeanne-Louise Bulliard
Cajun Dancer

Orel Borel
Cajun Dancer

Jeannie Spector
Cajun Dancer

Marc Savoy
Cajun Musician

Frank Savoy
Cajun Musician

Dewey Balfa
Cajun Musician

John Stelly
Cajun Musician

Billy C. Chandler
Lincoln (uncredited)

Joseph Oliveira
Soldier (uncredited)

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