Is Southern Comfort (1981) streaming?

Southern Comfort (1981)'s US theatrical release date is September 24, 1981. No digital rental, streaming or physical release date has been announced.

Who is in the cast of Southern Comfort (1981)?

Keith Carradine plays Spencer, Powers Boothe plays Hardin, Fred Ward plays Reece, Franklyn Seales plays Simms, T.K. Carter plays Cribbs, Lewis Smith plays Stuckey, Les Lannom plays Casper, Peter Coyote plays Poole.

What are some films like Southern Comfort (1981)?

Films similar to Southern Comfort (1981) on Watch Darkly include Dog Soldiers (2002), Deliverance (1972), Predator (1987), selected by shared themes and tags plus the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, intensity, and overall quality.

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Survival

Southern Comfort

1981 · R · 1h 46m

It's the land of hospitality... unless you don't belong there.

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In theaters: September 24, 1981

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A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.

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