Cadence (film)

Cadence
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Directed by	Martin Sheen
Written by	Dennis Shryack
Produced by	Timothy Gamble Frank Giustra Peter E. Strauss
Starring	Charlie Sheen Martin Sheen Larry Fishburne Michael Beach Ramon Estevez
Cinematography	Richard Leiterman
Edited by	Martin Hunter
Music by	Georges Delerue
Distributed by	New Line Cinema Republic Pictures
Release dates	1990 (1990) (Deauville Film Festival) January 18, 1991 (1991-01-18) (United States)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$8.5 million [1]
Box office	$2 million [2]

Cadence is a 1990 American historical prison film directed by Martin Sheen, in which Charlie Sheen plays an inmate in a United States Army military prison in West Germany during the 1960s. Sheen plays alongside his father Martin Sheen and brother Ramon Estevez. The film is based on a novel by Gordon Weaver.

Plot

Franklin Bean (Charlie Sheen), an Army private, is sentenced to 90 days in the stockade for drunkenly assaulting a military policeman on his base in West Germany in the 1960s. Master Sergeant McKinney (Martin Sheen) is the stockade commander who takes a dislike to the rebellious Bean.

Cast

• Charlie Sheen as Pfc. Franklin Fairchild Bean
• Martin Sheen as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
• Larry Fishburne as Cpl. Roosevelt Stokes
• Michael Beach as Webb
• James Marshall as Cpl. Harold Lamar
• Ramon Estevez as Cpl. Gerald Gessner
• Blu Mankuma as Bryce
• Harry Stewart as Pvt. Harry 'Sweetbread' Crane
• John Toles-Bey as Lawrence
• Jay Brazeau as Mr. Vito
• Samantha Langevin as Mrs. Vito
• Ken Douglas as Kramer
• Weston McMillan as DeLuc
• David Michael O'Neill as Sager
• Allan Lysell as Sheridan
• Don S. Davis as Haig
• Roark Critchlow as Brooks
• Alec Burden as Abel Fox
• Steven Hilton as Col. Clark
• Joe Lowry as Col. Porter
• Lochlyn Munro as Bartender
• Tom McBeath as Principal
• Jennifer Griffin as Tattoo Woman
• Brent Stait as MP
• Deryl Hayes as MP in bar
• Tony Pantages as GI in bar
• Christopher Judge as Psych. Ward M.P. #1
• Matt Clark as Franklin F. Bean, Sr.
• Robert Gazzola as Bean (age 8)
• David Glyn-Jones as Funeral Director
• F. Murray Abraham as Capt. Ramon Garcia ^[3]

Production

Seventh United States Army shoulder sleeve distinct insignia

All soldiers wear the shoulder sleeve distinct insignia of the Seventh United States Army. Martin Sheen received a Critics Award nomination at the Deauville Film Festival 1990. ^[4] Filming locations were Kamloops and Ashcroft, British Columbia (both in Canada) between July and August 1989. ^[5]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 42% based on reviews from 12 critics. ^[6] On Metacritic it has a score of 44% based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". ^[7]

References

1. "AFI|Catalog".
2. "Cadence". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
3. "Cadence (1990)". IMDb .
4. "Cadence - IMDb". IMDb .
5. "Cadence (1990) - IMDb". IMDb .
6. "Cadence". Rotten Tomatoes .
7. "Cadence". Metacritic .

External links

• Cadence at IMDb
• Cadence at Box Office Mojo