1986 American military action comedy film by Clint Eastwood
For the Korean War battle, see Battle of Heartbreak Ridge. For the French film also known as Heartbreak Ridge, see Crèvecoeur (film).
Heartbreak Ridge
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
Written by
James Carabatsos
Produced by
Clint Eastwood
Starring
Clint Eastwood
Marsha Mason
Cinematography
Jack N. Green
Edited by
Joel Cox
Music by
Lennie Niehaus
Production company
Malpaso Productions
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release date
December 5, 1986 (1986-12-05)
Running time
130 minutes
Country
United States
Languages
English Spanish
Budget
$15 million[1]
Box office
$121.7 million[2]
Heartbreak Ridge is a 1986 American military action comedy film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. The film also co-stars Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, and Mario Van Peebles, and was released in the United States on December 5, 1986. The story centers on a U.S. Marine nearing retirement who gets a platoon of undisciplined Marines into shape and leads them during the American invasion of Grenada in 1983.
The title comes from the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge in the Korean War, in which Eastwood's character had been awarded the Medal of Honor.
^Hughes, pp. 200–201
^Box Office Information for Heartbreak Ridge. Archived 2014-12-26 at the Wayback Machine The Wrap. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
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