Cadence (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Cadence

| image = Cadenceposter.jpg

| caption = Promotional movie poster

| alt =

| director = Martin Sheen

| producer = Timothy Gamble
Frank Giustra
Peter E. Strauss

| writer = Dennis Shryack

| starring = {{plainlist|

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| music = Georges Delerue

| cinematography = Richard Leiterman

| editing = Martin Hunter

| distributor = New Line Cinema
Republic Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1990|||Deauville Film Festival|1991|01|18|United States}}

| runtime = 97 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $8.5 million{{cite web | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/58792-CADENCE | title=AFI|Catalog }}

| gross = $2 million{{cite web|title= Cadence |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl944276993/weekend/|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 6, 2025}}

}}

Cadence is a 1990 American historical prison film directed by Martin Sheen, in which Charlie Sheen plays an inmate in a United States Army military prison in West Germany during the 1960s. Sheen plays alongside his father Martin Sheen and brother Ramon Estevez. The film is based on a novel by Gordon Weaver.

Plot

Franklin Bean (Charlie Sheen), an Army private, is sentenced to 90 days in the stockade for drunkenly assaulting a military policeman on his base in West Germany in the 1960s. Master Sergeant McKinney (Martin Sheen) is the stockade commander who takes a dislike to the rebellious Bean.

Cast

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Charlie Sheen as Pfc. Franklin Fairchild Bean
Martin Sheen as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
Larry Fishburne as Cpl. Roosevelt Stokes
Michael Beach as Webb
James Marshall as Cpl. Harold Lamar
Ramon Estevez as Cpl. Gerald Gessner
Blu Mankuma as Bryce
Harry Stewart as Pvt. Harry 'Sweetbread' Crane
John Toles-Bey as Lawrence
Jay Brazeau as Mr. Vito
Samantha Langevin as Mrs. Vito
Ken Douglas as Kramer
Weston McMillan as DeLuc
David Michael O'Neill as Sager
Allan Lysell as Sheridan
Don S. Davis as Haig
Roark Critchlow as Brooks
Alec Burden as Abel Fox
Steven Hilton as Col. Clark
Joe Lowry as Col. Porter
Lochlyn Munro as Bartender
Tom McBeath as Principal
Jennifer Griffin as Tattoo Woman
Brent Stait as MP
Deryl Hayes as MP in bar
Tony Pantages as GI in bar
Christopher Judge as Psych. Ward M.P. #1
Matt Clark as Franklin F. Bean, Sr.
Robert Gazzola as Bean (age 8)
David Glyn-Jones as Funeral Director
F. Murray Abraham as Capt. Ramon Garcia{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101531/fullcredits/ | title=Cadence (1990) |website=IMDb }}

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Production

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All soldiers wear the shoulder sleeve distinct insignia of the Seventh United States Army.

Martin Sheen received a Critics Award nomination at the Deauville Film Festival 1990.{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101531/awards/?ref_=tt_awd | title=Cadence - IMDb | website=IMDb }}

Filming locations were Kamloops and Ashcroft, British Columbia (both in Canada) between July and August 1989.{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101531/locations?ref_=ttfc_ql_5#filming_locations | title=Cadence (1990) - IMDb | website=IMDb }}

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 42% based on reviews from 12 critics.{{cite web |title=Cadence |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cadence |website=Rotten Tomatoes }} On Metacritic it has a score of 44% based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.{{cite web |title=Cadence |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/cadence |website=Metacritic }}