Sweet Revenge (1984)
While a major in the U.S. Army, Joe Cheever has a fling with his commanding officer's daughter that results in a pregnancy. Cheever convinces the girl to have an illegal abortion. The abortion goes wrong and the girl dies. To protect his career, Cheever implicates Captain Dennison whose life is thereby ruined. Years later, the Captain's now grown-up sister Katherine marries Army Major Alex Breen, and is stunned to learn his commanding officer is the now Colonel Cheever. She becomes obsessed with getting revenge for the sake of her dead brother.
- Date of release
- 1984-10-31
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- David Greene
Casting
- Kevin Dobson — Col. Joseph Cheever
- Kelly McGillis — Katherine Dennison Breen
- Alec Baldwin — Maj. Alex Breen
- Savannah Smith Boucher — Anne Haggarty Cheever
- Wings Hauser — Maj. Frank Hollins
- John Richard Petersen — Soldier (uncredited)
- Alfre Woodard — Vicki Teague
- Merritt Butrick — Capt. Paul Dennison
- Richard Bradford — Gen. George Markham
- Rick Fitts — Maj. Bill Teague
- Helen Hunt — Debbie Markham
- Dana Elcar — Sen. Arthur Hagerty
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