Dogfight
“The rules of the dogfight were simple. Everyone puts in fifty bucks. The guy with the ugliest "date" wins.”
In the fall of 1963, Eddie Birdlace is an 18-year-old Marine Corps volunteer who is about to ship out with three of his buddies for a tour of duty in Vietnam. Planning a massive blowout for their last night in San Francisco, Eddie, his buddies, and a number of other Marines set up a contest they call a "dogfight”.
Genres
Drama, Romance
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Dogfight performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$397,631
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$57K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Eddie Birdlace
River Phoenix
Eddie Birdlace
Rose Fenny
Lili Taylor
Rose Fenny
Berzin
Richard Panebianco
Berzin
Oakie
Anthony Clark
Oakie
Benjamin
Mitchell Whitfield
Benjamin
Rose Sr.
Holly Near
Rose Sr.
Marcie
E. G. Daily
Marcie
Ruth Two Bears
Sue Morales
Ruth Two Bears
Linda
Christina Mastin
Linda
Donavin
Christopher Shaw
Donavin
Fector
John Lacy
Fector
Dogfight Buddy
Chris San Nicholas
Dogfight Buddy
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