The General's Daughter (1999)

June 18, 1999 (US) • Thriller, Mystery, Crime • 116m

Overview

When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.

Director

Simon West

Writers

Christopher Bertolini, William Goldman, Nelson DeMille

Top Billed

John Travolta

Keywords

rape post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) based on novel or book politics homicide police chief georgia cover-up murder betrayal gang rape investigator decorum army general army captain west point basic training murder investigation army base army officer father daughter relationship military excercise homicide investigation psychological warfare military cover-up psychological trauma psychological operations ucmj - military law chief warrant officer

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Top Billed Cast

John Travolta

Warrant Officer Paul Brenner

Madeleine Stowe

Warrant Officer Sarah Sunhill

James Cromwell

General Joseph Campbell

Timothy Hutton

Colonel William Kent

Leslie Stefanson

Captain Elisabeth Campbell

Daniel von Bargen

Police Chief Yardley

Clarence Williams III

Colonel George Fowler

James Woods

Colonel Robert Moore

John Beasley

Colonel Dr. Donald Slesinger

Boyd Kestner

Captain Jake Elby

Brad Beyer

Captain Bransford

John Benjamin Hickey

Captain Goodson

Rick Dial

Cal Seiver

Peter Weireter

Belling

Mark Boone Junior

Staff Sergeant Dalbert Elkins

Ariyan A. Johnson

PFC Robbins

John Frankenheimer

General Sonnenberg

Katrina vanden Heuvel

CNN Anchor

Chris Snyder

Deputy Yardley

Steve Danton

Bomb Van Soldier

Rich Jackson

Bomb Van Soldier

Joshua Stafford

Soldier Who Finds Elisabeth

Darius Cottrell

Soldier Who Finds Elisabeth

Scott Rosenberg

MP Guard

Jared Chandler

MP Guard

Jim Morse

MP Guard

Paul Ware

MP Guard

Mark Ivie

Fencing Loser

Michael Swiney

Lockup Sergeant

Tait Ruppert

Young Tech

Lisa A. Tripp

Work Detail Leader

James O. Evans

Sex Video Officer

Chris Grayson

Sex Video Officer

Sy Leopold

Sex Video Officer

Fred Tate

Sex Video Officer

Steve Goyen

Honor Guard Commander

Pablo Espinosa

Color Guard Commander

Levin Handy Jr.

Airborne Soldier

Jason M. Luevano

Airborne Soldier

Gustavo A. Perdomo

Drill Team NCO

Rodney Mitchell

Ranger Instructor

Ryan D. Kirkland

Ranger Instructor

Michael Gerald

Soldier in Locker Room

Matthew R. Anderson

Firing Party Commander

Cooper Huckabee

Colonel Weems

Kelly Casey

Natalie Kent (uncredited)

Tyler Casey

Todd Kent (uncredited)

Ty Williams

West Point Officer (uncredited)

Job Alonso

West Point Officer (uncredited)

Timothy 'TJ' James Driscoll

Sex Video Officer (uncredited)

Brent Miller

Soldier in Locker Room (uncredited)

Gorja Max

US Army Captain (uncredited)

John Wilkie

Alpha Driver (uncredited)

Crew

Simon West

Director

Carter Burwell

Original Music Composer

Erica Edell Phillips

Costume Designer

Christopher Bertolini

Screenplay

William Goldman

Screenplay

J. Dennis Washington

Production Design

Glen Scantlebury

Editor

Mindy Marin

Casting

Ann Harris

Art Direction

Lis Kern

Associate Producer

Marvin March

Set Decoration

Stratton Leopold

Unit Production Manager

Linda Favila

Associate Producer

Peter Menzies Jr.

Director of Photography

Patti Dalzell

Script Supervisor

Thomas T. Taylor

Art Direction

Mace Neufeld

Producer

Anson Downes

Associate Producer

Jonathan D. Krane

Executive Producer

Nelson DeMille

Novel

Mark Peterson

Costume Supervisor

Stratton Leopold

Co-Producer

Tony Brazas

Stunts

Amy Ness

Production Supervisor

Joe C. Maxwell

Additional Photography

Frank D. Parrish

Second Assistant Camera

Ingrid Semler

Camera Loader

Lorrie Campbell

Set Designer

Robert Camron

Set Dresser

Cris Saunders

Pilot

Rick Shuster

Pilot

Joe C. Maxwell

"B" Camera Operator

Craig Hosking

Aerial Coordinator

Erik L. Nelson

Property Master

Steve Danton

First Assistant Director

Tony Rivetti Sr.

First Assistant Camera

Richard Chirco

Set Dresser

Robert Presley

Steadicam Operator

Thomas Causey

Sound Mixer

Debbie Schwab

Production Supervisor

Matthew E. Alper

First Assistant Camera

Bryan D. Garofalo

Assistant Property Master

Robert Presley

"A" Camera Operator

Corey Fleming

Pilot

Mike Thomas

Underwater Camera

Richard Kite

Cableman

Margo Fisher Newman

Assistant Set Decoration

Cliff Fleming

Pilot

Tim Weske

Stunts

Richard Cantu

"C" Camera Operator

Joseph F. Brennan

Boom Operator

Sean O'Harra

Set Dresser

Fred L. McLane

First Assistant Camera

Lynn Christopher

Set Designer

Bruce Benson

Pilot

Donald Sparks

Second Assistant Director

Robert Mazaraki

Production Coordinator

Geno Ghiselli

Set Dresser

Megan Forste

Second Assistant Camera

Richard D. Wright

Set Dresser

Mark W. Brown

Set Dresser

Michael P. Hunter

Set Dresser

Christopher Amy

Assistant Property Master

David J. Negrón Jr.

Storyboard Artist

Rich Jackson

Video Assist Operator

Beverli Eagan

Set Designer

Daril Alder

Leadman

Jeff Clark

Sound Effects Editor

Geordie Sheffer

Hairstylist

Robert Ulrich

Supervising ADR Editor

Tom Lifsey

Propmaker

Irina Naydichev

Payroll Accountant

Stephen Hunter Flick

Supervising Sound Editor

Sarah Monat

Foley Artist

Toni G

Makeup Supervisor

Bob Baron

ADR Mixer

Lisa A. Doyle

Set Costumer

Dale DeStefani

Propmaker

Lora Umphress

Assistant Accountant

Stephen Hunter Flick

Sound Designer

William Jacobs

Sound Effects Editor

Mark Rathaus

First Assistant Editor

Susan Kurtz

Dialogue Editor

Jeffrey R. Payne

Foley Editor

Anne Couk

Assistant Sound Editor

Glenn Neufeld

Visual Effects Supervisor

Frank Capello

Propmaker

Lisa W. Strout

Location Manager

Peter Brown

Sound Effects Editor

Jon Michaels

Assistant Sound Editor

Bill Baldwin

Assistant Sound Editor

Barbara Harris

ADR Voice Casting

David Israel

Location Manager

Donna Marcione Pollack

Costume Supervisor

Jamie Daddio

Assistant Accountant

Rob Morton

Actor's Assistant

Paul J. Lombardi

Special Effects Coordinator

Joy Zapata

Hair Supervisor

Don Miller

Production Accountant

Yvonne Ramond

Assistant Accountant

Todd E. Miller

Additional Editing

Carin Rogers

Supervising Dialogue Editor

Ron Meredith

Assistant Sound Editor

David McDonald

ADR Recordist

Will Huff

Makeup Artist

Kerry Dean Williams

ADR Editor

Dana Gustafson

Foley Editor

Randy K. Singer

Foley Mixer

Dominique Arcadio

Art Department Coordinator

Richard Foreman Jr.

Still Photographer

Tim Jackson

Propmaker

George 'Skip' Henfling

Assistant Accountant

John M. 'Jack' Wright

Key Set Costumer

Richard Corwin

Dialogue Editor

J.H. Arrufat

Dialogue Editor

Tammy Fearing

Foley Editor

Roger Fearing

Assistant Sound Editor

Anthony Archuleta

Executive Producer's Assistant

Jim Henrikson

Music Editor

Kathy Day

Producer's Assistant

Gabriela Gutentag

Unit Publicist

Scott Blackwell

Special Effects Technician

Dan Kelly

Aerial Camera Technician

Sierra French-Myerson

Casting Assistant

Steven J. Winslow

Aerial Camera Technician

Robert D. Crotty

Digital Effects Producer

Dorene Haver

Compositing Supervisor

Christina Drahos

Compositor

Adam Milo Smalley

Music Editor

Robin Harlan

Foley Artist

Steve Maslow

Sound Mixer

Sonny Kompanek

Conductor

James E. Vargas

Picture Car Coordinator

George Paine

Special Effects Coordinator

Jared Chandler

Military Consultant

Gregg Landaker

Sound Mixer

Foongy Lee

Second Second Assistant Director

Sonny Kompanek

Orchestrator

Sherrie Whitehead

Actor's Assistant

Chuck E. Stewart

Special Effects Coordinator

Parry Willard

Special Effects Technician

Steve Koster

Aerial Camera

Randy Cantor

Transportation Captain

Steve Dearth

Special Effects Technician

Terry Erickson

Special Effects Technician

Maria Vallen

Executive Producer's Assistant

Scott Curtis

Foley Editor

Dusty Saunders

Transportation Coordinator

Xanthia Decaux

Casting Assistant

Marc Kolbe

Digital Effects Supervisor

Shellaine Corwel

Compositor

Stan Bielowicz

Special Effects Technician

Robert Hatfield

Projection

Paul Bartoli

Set Dresser

Francis X. Valdez III

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

David Ellis

Electrician

Rafael E. Sánchez

Chief Lighting Technician

Celine Jackson

I/O Supervisor

Sean Taylor

Production Manager

Sean Carville

Set Dresser

Bill McConnell Jr.

Second Assistant Camera

Kenneth Bryant

Set Dresser

Marek Bojsza

Electrician

David Napoli

Set Dresser

Mike Akins

Grip

Mark Boley

Hair Department Head

Alette Vernon

Compositor

Jeff Pierce

I/O Supervisor

Laura Bryant

Location Manager

Deborah Palmer

Art Department Coordinator

Gary Dahlquist

Rigging Gaffer

Christopher Cilluffo

Assistant Production Coordinator

Glenn Corbett

Electrician

William McConnell

First Assistant Camera

Harrison Palmer

Electrician

Steve Zigler

Electrician

Glenn Ballard

Grip

Jarek Gorczycki

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Parker Meyer

Loader

Shiloh Eck

Grip

Joseph P. Hurt

Makeup Artist

Jeff Hall

Electrician

Krystal Wood

Systems Administrators & Support

Steven Bacon

Grip

Lisa Davidson

Assistant Production Coordinator

Lee Auerbach

Electrician

William Self

Electrician

Patrick Hoeschen

Electrician

Wendy Moynihan

Costumer

Andy Potvin

Dolby Consultant

Harris Parker

Marine Coordinator

Romina M. Laygo

Production Assistant

J. Wayne Parker

Second Company Grip

James 'Tripp' Pair III

Grip

Dennis McNeill

Color Timer

Michael Alexonis

Grip

James DeOliveira

Production Assistant

Jeff Kirschenbaum

Production Assistant

Michael S. Epley

Grip

Kayce Brown

Production Assistant

C. Alan Rawlins Sr.

First Company Grip

R. Dana Harlow

Grip

Terry Scott

Construction Coordinator

Cedric Nairn-Smith

Production Assistant

Erin Wilhelm-Hilkey

Production Assistant

J. Craig Morrison

Construction Foreman

Theresa Repola Mohammed

Negative Cutter

Cris Graves

Production Assistant

Dave Brown

Construction Coordinator

Doug Rosenberger

Construction Foreman

Brian Relyea

Production Assistant

Miguel Alvarado

Production Assistant

Gary Kelso

Grip

Jeffrey J. Barrows

Set Dresser

Jason Teahan

Production Assistant

Scott Barton

Production Assistant

Una Hill

Production Assistant

Howard J. Morrison

Production Assistant

Stephani Hunter

Production Assistant

Matthew Smith

Production Assistant

Elizabeth Graham

Production Assistant

Perri Fichtner Pearson

Production Assistant

Barrett J. Leigh

Production Assistant

Bob Brown

Stunts

Jeremy Nelligan

CG Artist

Jon-Marc Kortsch

CG Artist

Daniel Naulin

CG Artist

John Peel

CG Artist

Archie Gogoladze

CG Artist

Jim McLean

CG Artist

Dennis Bredow

CG Artist

Carl Hooper

CG Artist

Chris 'Willie' Williams

CG Artist

Jeremy Squires

CG Artist

Danny Wynands

Stunts

Myke Schwartz

Stunts

Mark Riccardi

Stunt Coordinator

David Rowden

Stunts

Keith Campbell

Stunts

Jim Palmer

Stunts

Chester E. Tripp III

Stunts

Sandy Wasko

Stunts

Edward Conna

Stunts

John Branagan

Stunts

Mickey Giacomazzi

Stunts

Patricia Tallman

Stunts

Denney Pierce

Stunts

Nancy Young

Stunts

Ken Lesco

Stunts

Kathy Brock

Stunts

Dennis Madalone

Stunts

Irving E. Lewis

Stunts

Joey Box

Stunts

George B. Colucci Jr.

Stunts

Dane Farwell

Stunts

Bob McGovern

Stunts

Cal Johnson

Stunts

Michael Farrow

Scoring Mixer

Reviews

JPV852

⭐ 7/10

July 3, 2021

Not the strongest mystery-drama-thriller but serviceable if not also pretty heavy in a few scenes dealing with a woman's brutal sexual assault. Travolta gives a fine performance as does the reliable James Cromwell, not to mention James Woods and Madeline Stowe. This is probably my third time viewing, first in a long while, but still found it engaging as well as really sad. **3.75/5**