Word of Honor (2003)

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Country: Canada, USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 2003-12-06
Director: Robert Markowitz
Writers: Nelson DeMille , Jacob Epstein , Leslie Greif , Jean-Yves Pitoun
Language: English
Stars: Don Johnson , Jeanne Tripplehorn , Sharon Lawrence (I) , John Heard (I) , Arliss Howard , Peter MacNeill (I) , Peter Stebbings , Jesse Johnson , Michael Adamthwaite , Che Ayende
Runtime: 91 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: Word of Honor , Palavra de Honra (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Palabra de honor (Spain) , Becsületszó (Hungary) , Κώδικας σιωπής (Greece) , Kodikas siopis (Greece) , Word of Honor (Canada) , La chute des héros (France, French Republic) , Palavra de Honra (Brazil)
Plot: Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army authority anxious to save its own face, an embarrassed federal government, and a threatened marriage, and entangled, furthermore, in his own past lives and present sense of guilt, must call on all his cleverness and his own inner toughness to fight his case.
IMDB:tt0369059