Death Before Dishonor

This article is about the film. For the music album, see Death Before Dishonour.

For the Boston hardcore punk band, see Death Before Dishonor (band).

For ROH professional wrestling event, see ROH Death Before Dishonor.

For the debut album by rapper 2 Pistols, see Death Before Dishonor (album).

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

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

Plot

Gunnery Sergeant Burns 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.....Gunnery Sgt. Burns
• Brian Keith.....Col. Halloran
• Joanna Pacula.....Elli
• Joseph Gian.....Sgt. Manuel Ramirez
• Sasha Mitchell.....Ruggieri
• Peter Parros.....James
• Paul Winfield.....Ambassador
• Rockne Tarkington.....Jihad
• Dan Chodos.....Amin
• Mohammad Bakri.....Gavril
• Chaim Girafi.....Zabib
• Tuvia Tavi.....Elias
• Yossi Ashdot.....Hamed

Criticism

In his 2001 book Reel Bad Arabs, Jack Shaheen suggests that Death Before Dishonor is one of the four most anti-Arab Hollywood movies ever.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=deathbeforedishonor.htm
2. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Reel-Bad-Arabs-Hollywood-Vilifies/dp/1566563887

External links

• Death Before Dishonor at the Internet Movie Database
• Death Before Dishonor at AllRovi