Southern Comfort (1981 film)
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| Directed by | Walter Hill |
| Written by | Michael Kane Walter Hill David Giler |
| Produced by | David Giler |
| Starring | Keith Carradine Powers Boothe Fred Ward T. K. Carter Franklyn Seales |
| Cinematography | Andrew Laszlo |
| Edited by | Freeman A. Davies |
| Music by | Ry Cooder |
Production companies | Cinema Group Ventures Phoenix (II) |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7.6 million |
| Box office | $2.9 million (US) 262,625 admissions (France) |
Southern Comfort is a 1981 American action thriller film directed by Walter Hill and written by Michael Kane, Hill and his longtime collaborator David Giler. It stars Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, T. K. Carter, Franklyn Seales and Peter Coyote. The film, set in 1973, features a Louisiana Army National Guard squad of nine from an infantry unit on weekend maneuvers in rural bayou country as they antagonize some local Cajun people and become hunted.