The Lords of Discipline

The Lords of Discipline (1983)

The Institute's Code of Honor: A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal or tolerate those who do. It is a simple code. It is a stern code. It is also a lie.

  • Genre: Drama, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1983-02-18
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 43 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Franc Roddam
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Summary

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.

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  • David Keith

    as Will McLean
  • Robert Prosky

    as Col. 'Bear' Berrineau
  • G. D. Spradlin

    as Gen. Bentley Durrell
  • Barbara Babcock

    as Abigail St. Croix
  • Michael Biehn

    as John Alexander
  • Rick Rossovich

    as Dante `Pig` Pignetti
  • Mitchell Lichtenstein

    as Tradd St. Croix
  • Mark Breland

    as Tom Pearce
  • Malcolm Danare

    as Poteete
  • Judge Reinhold

    as Macabbee
  • Bill Paxton

    as Gilbreath
  • Dean R. Miller

    as Gooch
  • John Lavachielli

    as Mark Santoro
  • Norman Chancer

    as TAC Captain
Production Gabriel Katzka Producer
Directing Franc Roddam Director
Production Herb Jaffe Producer
Writing Lloyd Fonvielle Screenplay
Writing Thomas Pope Screenplay
Writing Pat Conroy Novel
Camera Brian Tufano Director of Photography

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