The Lords of Discipline
“The Institute's Code of Honor: A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal or tolerate those who do. It is a simple code. It is a stern code. It is also a lie.”
Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the form of The Ten, a secret group of the elite students. They want Pearce to leave on his own free will, but are prepared to torture him to make it 'his free will'. Will is forced to help Pearce and he is prepared to risk his own career to do so.
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Lords of Discipline performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$11.8M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
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
Will McLean
David Keith
Will McLean
Col. 'Bear' Berrineau
Robert Prosky
Col. 'Bear' Berrineau
Gen. Bentley Durrell
G.D. Spradlin
Gen. Bentley Durrell
Abigail St. Croix
Barbara Babcock
Abigail St. Croix
John Alexander
Michael Biehn
John Alexander
Dante `Pig` Pignetti
Rick Rossovich
Dante `Pig` Pignetti
Tradd St. Croix
Mitchell Lichtenstein
Tradd St. Croix
Tom Pearce
Mark Breland
Tom Pearce
Poteete
Malcolm Danare
Poteete
Macabbee
Judge Reinhold
Macabbee
Gilbreath
Bill Paxton
Gilbreath
Gooch
Dean R. Miller
Gooch
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