Cast
- Howard E. Rollins, Jr. as Capt. Davenport
- Adolph Caesar as Sgt. Waters
- Art Evans as Pvt. Wilkie
- David Alan Grier as Cpl. Cobb
- David Harris as Pvt. Smalls
- Dennis Lipscomb as Capt. Taylor
- Larry Riley as C.J. Memphis
- Robert Townsend as Cpl. Ellis
- Denzel Washington as Pfc. Peterson
- William Allen Young as Pvt. Henson
- John Hancock as Sgt. Washington
- Patti LaBelle as Big Mary
- Trey Wilson as Col. Nivens
- Wings Hauser as Lt. Byrd
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Famous quotes containing the word cast:
“I would rather not see such winds subside, which carry your slow ship away, although they leave me, cast down, on an empty shore, often, with clenched hand, calling you cruel.”
—Propertius Sextus (c. 50–16 B.C.)
“He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.”
—Titus Livius (Livy)
“Like a bad doctor who has fallen down sick you are cast down, and cannot find what sort of drugs would cure your ailment.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)