Revolution poster
Director Hugh Hudson
Screenplay Robert Dillon

Revolution

Release Date: 1985-12-25

Duration: 126 minutes

Synopsis

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the war unfold in large-scale grandeur.

Casting

  • Donald Sutherland
    Sgt. Maj. Peasy
  • Al Pacino
    Tom Dobb
  • Nastassja Kinski
    Daisy McConnahay
  • Robbie Coltrane
    New York Burgher
  • Steven Berkoff
    Sgt. Jones
  • Annie Lennox
    Liberty Woman
  • Dexter Fletcher
    Ned Dobb
  • Dave King
    Mr. McConnahay
  • Graham Greene
    Ongwata
  • Adrian Rawlins
    Bill