Film record

Glory

1989Feature film122 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
English
Genres
drama film · historical film · epic film · white savior film · war film

Credits

Direction

Edward Zwick — Directing

Cast

Matthew Broderick — Acting (Colonel Robert Gould Shaw)
Denzel Washington — Acting (Private Silas Trip)
Cary Elwes — Acting (Major Cabot Forbes)
Morgan Freeman — Acting (Sergeant Major John Rawlins)
Andre Braugher — Acting (Corporal Thomas Searles)
Alan North — Acting (Governor John Albion Andrew)
John Finn — Acting (Sergeant Major Mulcahy)
Bob Gunton — Acting (General Charles Garrison Harker)
Jay O. Sanders — Acting (General George Crockett Strong)
Cliff DeYoung — Acting (Colonel James Montgomery)
Donovan Leitch — Acting (Captain Charles Fessenden Morse)
RonReaco Lee — Acting (Mute Drummer Boy)
Richard Riehle — Acting (Quartermaster)
Ethan Phillips — Acting
Mark Margolis — Acting (10th Connecticut Soldier)
Bill Nunn — Acting
Jane Alexander — Acting (Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw)
Raymond St. Jacques — Acting (Frederick Douglass)
Peter Michael Goetz — Acting (Francis Shaw)
Robert Lee Minor — Acting
J.D. Cullum — Acting (Henry Sturgis Russell)
Afemo Omilami — Acting
Christian Baskous — Acting (Edward L. Pierce)

Writing

Kevin Jarre — Screenwriting

Production

Freddie Fields — Production

Music

James Horner — Music composition

Cinematography

Freddie Francis — Cinematography

Editing

Steven Rosenblum — Editing
Documented participation

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Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified

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Releases by territory

United States · Original release
15 Dec 1989Checked 18 Sep 2026
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