Glory

Released Date
December 14, 1989
Distributor
TriStar Pictures
Genre
Drama
Rating
R
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$26,979,166 + $0 = $26,979,166
86
Morgan Freeman

as Sergeant Major John Rawlins

69
Denzel Washington

as Private Silas Tripp

62
Matthew Broderick

as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw

61
Andre Braugher

as Corporal Thomas Searles

61
Cary Elwes

as Major Cabot Forbes

46
RonReaco Lee

as Mute Drummer Boy

71
Jay O. Sanders

as Sergeant Major Mulcahy

84
Jane Alexander

as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw

75
Richard Riehle

as Quartermaster

78
Bob Gunton

as General Charles Garrison Harke

71
John Finn

as Sergeant Major Mulcahy

56
Donovan Leitch

as Captain Charles Fessenden Mor

1920-2000
Alan North

as Governor John Albion Andrew

82
Peter Michael Goetz

as Francis Shaw

1930-1990
Raymond St. Jacques

as Frederick Douglass

About Glory

Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.

About

The film follows the first military unit consisting entirely of African-American men (except for the officer Robert Gould Shaw) and the fight against prejudices from the Confederate and Union armies.  

Trivia

Morgan Freeman performed all his stunts in the movie. Denzel Washington won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role as Pvt. Trip.