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.
Southern Comfort
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Overview
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
Walter Hill
Status
Released
Production
Cinema Group Ventures, Phoenix (II), 20th Century Fox
Cast
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)
Video Gallery
Southern Comfort 1981 TV trailer
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