Heartbreak Ridge
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| Directed by | Clint Eastwood |
| Written by | James Carabatsos |
| Produced by | Clint Eastwood |
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| Cinematography | Jack N. Green |
| Edited by | Joel Cox |
| Music by | Lennie Niehaus |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Spanish |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $121.7 million |
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.