Heartbreak Ridge

For the Korean War battle, see Battle of Heartbreak Ridge. For the French film also known as Heartbreak Ridge, see Crèvecoeur (film).
Heartbreak Ridge
A black poster with a portrait shot showing the upper body of an older man dressed in a military uniform. In the background are a group of soldiers. Some of them are kneeling, and some are standing, holding rifles. Above in bold white letters, is a line that reads: "... the scars run deep." Below, in large letters it reads: "Clint Eastwood" and "Heartbreak Ridge". Below that are the film credits.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byClint Eastwood
Written byJames Carabatsos
Produced byClint Eastwood
Starring
CinematographyJack N. Green
Edited byJoel Cox
Music byLennie Niehaus
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • December 5, 1986 (1986-12-05)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Budget$15 million[1]
Box office$121.7 million[2]

Heartbreak Ridge is a 1986 American war film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. The film 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.

  1. ^ Hughes, pp. 200–201
  2. ^ Box Office Information for Heartbreak Ridge. Archived 2014-12-26 at the Wayback Machine The Wrap. Retrieved April 4, 2013.