Death Before Dishonor (film)

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Death Before Dishonor is a 1987 American action film directed by Terry J. Leonard.

Death Before Dishonor
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Terry J. Leonard
Written by	John Gatliff
Produced by	Lawrence Kubik
Starring	Fred Dryer Brian Keith Joanna Pacuła Paul Winfield
Cinematography	Don Burgess
Edited by	Steve Mirkovich
Music by	Brian May
Distributed by	New World Pictures
Release date	February 20, 1987 (1987-02-20)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5 million[1]
Box office	$4,546,244[2]

Plot

Gunnery Sergeant Burns (Fred Dryer) is in charge of the Marine Security Guard detachment at a United States embassy in the Middle East. When terrorists attack the compound, taking hostages, Burns becomes a one-man Marine Corps in an attempt to rescue the hostages and kill the terrorists.

Cast

• Fred Dryer as Gunnery Sergeant Jack Burns
• Brian Keith as Colonel Halloran
• Kasey Walker as Maude
• Joanna Pacula as Elli
• Joseph Gian as Sergeant Manuel Ramirez
• Sasha Mitchell as Ruggieri
• Peter Parros as James
• Paul Winfield as The Ambassador
• Rockne Tarkington as "Jihad"
• Dan Chodos as Amin
• Mohammad Bakri as Gavril
• Chaim Girafi as Zabib
• Tuvia Tavi as Elias
• Yossi Ashdot as Hamed

Production

Death Before Dishonor marked the directorial debut for Terry J. Leonard, who was primarily known for his stunt work, but had also served as a second unit director for several feature films and television shows.^[1] The film was originally scheduled to shoot in Yugoslavia, but producer Lawrence Kubik received a telephone call warning him not to come to Yugoslavia, consequently, the location was moved to Israel, where production costs were lower. The film shot in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Jaffa.^[1]

Home media

The film was released on DVD on April 17, 2001, by Anchor Bay Entertainment.^[3]