Release Date
June 18, 1999
Director
Simon West
Writer
William Goldman, Christopher Bertolini, Nelson DeMille
Cast
Peter Weireter, Leslie Stefanson, Boyd Kestner, John Frankenheimer, Pablo Espinosa, Rick Dial, James Woods, Clarence Williams III, Timothy Hutton, James Cromwell, Madeleine Stowe, John Travolta
Studio
Running Time
116 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for graphic images relating to sexual violence including a strong rape scene, some perverse sexuality, nudity and language
In a world where nobody asks and nobody tells, where the Army likes to keep its secrets buried and its dirty laundry unaired, the daughter of a popular general is found brutally murdered and no one wants to touch the case. But certain secrets cannot remain hidden forever when a tenacious investigator begins digging for answers only to find much more than he bargained for.
When warrant officer Paul Brenner (JOHN TRAVOLTA), a top investigator... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
John Travolta is Paul Brenner, a wisecracking jerk of a CID investigator, in The General's Daughter, a film that fails to meet expectations. This movie is a prime example of a film that has been destroyed by its own marketing campaign, because the previews were exceptionally well done. Unfortunately, there are some major flaws that keep it from becoming one of 1999's top thrillers. Full movie review »
