Casualties of War

Casualties of War is based on the true story about a war crime committed during the Vietnam War. The film was directed by Brian De Palma. Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn star in this film, it was also John C. Reilly's first film.
==Plot==
The story is set during the Vietnam War, 1966. A platoon of U.S soldiers are patrolling in the Vietnam jungle when they are hit with mortar fire. When the platoon investigate a local Vietnamese village to find out where the mortars are, they are ambushed by Viet Cong fighters leaving SGT. Brown killed (Erik King). Then, 5 men in that platoon, led by SGT. Meserve (Sean Penn) are sent on a long range recon, while on their mission 4 men decide to kidnap a girl in a local Vietnamese village to rape while on their mission.
==Cast==
*Michael J. Fox as PFC Eriksson
*Sean Penn as Sgt. Tony Meserve
*Don Harvey as Cpl. Thomas E. Clark
*John C. Reilly as PFC Herbert Hatcher
*John Leguizamo as PFC Antonio Diaz
*Thuy Thu Le as Oanh
*Erik King as Brown
*Jack Gwaltney as Rowan
*Ving Rhames as Lt. Reilly
*Dan Martin as Sgt. Hawthorne
*Dale Dye as Capt. Hill
*Steve Larson as Agent #1
*John Linton as Agent #2
*Vyto Ruginis as Prosecutor
*Al Shannon as Wilkins
*Wendell Pierce as MacIntire
*Sam Robards as Chaplain Kirk
*Maris Valainis as Streibig
*Darren E. Burrows as Cherry
*Sherman Howard as Court Martial President
*John Marshall Jones as M.P. (as J.J.)
*Holt McCallany as Lt. Kramer
*Kady Tran as Yen - Oahn's Sister
*Scott Gregory as Soldier Charlie 1
*Ennalls Berl as Soldier Charlie 2
*Vinh Tran as V.C. Interpreter
*Somsak as ARVN Interpreter
*Hataya Sarmount as Girl Villager
*Ba Thuan T. Le as Oahn's Mother (as Ba Thuan T Le)
*Nootch as Child Villager
*Kwan as Child Villager
*J. Chalerm as Villager Old Man Farmer
*Sigma as Villager Woman
*Po Powpi as Villager Old Man
*Shaun Shea as Soldier
*Kristopher Dunn as Soldier
*Donal Gibson as Soldier
*Shane Kerwin as Soldier
*Niran as V.C. in Tunnel
*Stephen Baldwin as Soldier
*Stefan Ehlers as Sgt. Fuller
*Amy Irving as Voice of girl on the train
*Michael D. Jones as Passenger on Train
*Jonathan MacLeod as Soldier
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