Southern Comfort
“It's the land of hospitality... unless you don't belong there.”
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.
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Cast
26 people
Keith Carradine
Spencer
Known for
Fear the Walking Dead
Dexter
Powers Boothe
Hardin
Known for
Deadwood
Hatfields & McCoys
Fred Ward
Reece
Known for
Tremors
Escape from Alcatraz
Franklyn Seales
Simms
Known for
Silver Spoons
The Onion Field
T.K. Carter
Cribbs
Known for
The Thing
The Corner
Lewis Smith
Stuckey
Known for
North and South
The Heavenly Kid
Les Lannom
Casper
Known for
Shoot to Kill
Prime Cut
Peter Coyote
Poole
Known for
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
A Walk to Remember
Alan Autry
Bowden
Known for
In the Heat of the Night
House
T. K. Carter
Cribbs
Brion James
Trapper
Known for
Blade Runner
The Fifth Element
Sonny Landham
Hunter
Known for
Predator
Lock Up
Walter Hill Director · David Giler Screenplay Michael Kane Screenplay
Budget $7.6M · United States release September 24, 1981 · Produced in United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Box office
Budget
$7,600,000
Production
Cinema Group Ventures
Production
Phoenix (II)
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio
United States · Switzerland · United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
Spain · September 21, 1981
Premiere · San Sebastián Film Festival
United States · September 24, 1981
Theatrical · Lafayette, Louisiana
United States
September 25, 1981 · Theatrical
Australia
April 23, 1982 · Theatrical
Canada
October 22, 1981 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 2, 1982 · Theatrical
Finland
January 22, 1982 · Theatrical
France
March 9, 1983 · Theatrical
June 21, 2006 · Physical · DVD
February 4, 2025 · Physical · Blu-Ray & 4K UHD
Germany
April 6, 1984 · Theatrical
August 5, 2004 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
June 15, 1983 · Theatrical
Italy
March 24, 1983 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 4, 1982 · Theatrical
July 22, 2003 · Physical · DVD
October 16, 2005 · TV · Veronica
Norway
March 2, 1982 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 22, 1982 · Theatrical
Spain
May 7, 1982 · Theatrical · Madrid
Sweden
January 29, 1982 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 29, 1981 · Theatrical
June 27, 2015 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
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