Overview

Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army authority anxious to save its own face, an embarrassed federal government, and a threatened marriage, and entangled, furthermore, in his own past lives and present sense of guilt, must call on all his cleverness and his own inner toughness to fight his case.

Cast

Don Johnson, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sharon Lawrence, John Heard, Arliss Howard, Peter MacNeill, Peter Stebbings, Jesse Johnson

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What is "Word of Honor" about?

Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army authority anxious to save its own face, an embarrassed federal government, and a threatened marriage, and entangled, furthermore, in his own past lives and present sense of guilt, must call on all his cleverness and his own inner toughness to fight his case.

When was "Word of Honor" released?

Word of Honor was released in 2003.

Who stars in "Word of Honor"?

The cast includes Don Johnson, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sharon Lawrence, John Heard.