Glory (1989)
Their innocence. Their heritage. Their lives.
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Glory rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.8/10· 151K votes
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic78%
TMDb7.478/10· 2K votesWith 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.8/10 on IMDb and 78/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.
About Glory
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.
Cast of Glory
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
Cliff DeYoung
as Col. James M. Montgomery
Christian Baskous
as Edward L. Pierce
Glory facts
- Budget
- $18M
- Box office
- $26.8M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •American civil war history celebrates African American courage
- •Battle sequences deliver authentic historical warfare intensity
- •19th century period authenticity grounds narrative emotional weight
What the audience disliked
- •Combat violence intensity may disturb sensitive viewers
- •Historical drama follows traditional war film conventions
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