Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Matthew Broderick
as Col. Robert Gould Shaw
Denzel Washington
as Pvt. Trip
Cary Elwes
as Maj. Cabot Forbes
Morgan Freeman
as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Jihmi Kennedy
as Pvt. Jupiter Sharts
Andre Braugher
as Cpl. Thomas Searles
John Finn
as Sgt. Maj. Mulcahy
Donovan Leitch
as Capt. Charles Fessenden Morse
JD Cullum
as Henry Sturgis Russell
Bob Gunton
as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker
John Chard
And there wouldn't be nothing but rebs dyin if they'd let the fifty-fourth in it. Based around the actual letters sent by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw to his parents, this Civil War picture tells the story of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, the first black regiment to fight under the American flag....
Filipe Manuel Neto
**An excellent film that deserves to be revisited and brought back from oblivion.** For me, as a historian, this film couldn't be more interesting. It's not your average war movie, with soldiers running and shooting, and heroism spilling over from bloody deaths. It is much sharper and deeper beca...
CinemaSerf
Based on historical fact and on letters written to his parents by Col. Robert Gould Shaw, this dramatises the creation of the first all-black regiment in the Union army that fought in the US Civil War. It was created as the Confederacy looked dominant and there was an element of desperation, rather ...