China Beach (1988)★ 8.2/10
- Drama
- History
- War
Directed by: Mimi Leder, John Sacret Young, Christopher Leitch, Michael Fresco, Fred Gerber
Written by: William Broyles Jr., John Sacret Young, Carol Flint, John Wells, Lydia Woodward
The trials of a weary nurse, her friends and colleagues in a Vietnam War field hospital.
Directed by
Written by
William Broyles Jr.
John Sacret YoungCarol Flint
John WellsLydia WoodwardSusan RhinehartJosef Anderson
Cathryn MichonToni GraphiaAlan BrennertPatricia GreenGeorgia Jeffries
Paris Qualles
Ann DonahueTerry McDonellGlen Merzer
Neal BaerMartin M. GoldsteinFred T. YakovichDottie Dartland ZicklinAngela VentrescaCast & crew
Dana DelanyColleen McMurphy
Marg HelgenbergerK.C. Koloski
Brian WimmerCpl. Boonie Lanier
Michael BoatmanPvt. Samuel Beckett
Robert PicardoDr. Dick Richard
Concetta TomeiMaj. Lila Garreau
Jeff KoberSgt. Evan 'Dodger' WinslowNancy GilesPvt. Frankie Bunsen
Troy EvansSgt. Pepper
Megan GallagherWayloo Marie Holmes
Michael J HendersonBeetle
Nan WoodsCherry WhiteMarcia MagusNurse Jody Kass
Ned VaughnJeff Hyers
Ricki LakeHolly Pelegrino
Elizabeth LindseyMai
Tim RyanCapt. Natch Austen
Derek de LintDr. Gerard Bernard
Haunani MinnHang
Chloe WebbLaurette Barber
Kieu ChinhTrieu Au
Tom SizemoreSgt. Vinnie Ventresca, the Dog Man
Bobby HoseaPvt. Elroy
Robert LaSardoCpl. Jesus 'Answer Man' ZapparaLee Mary WeilnauWoman
Wings HauserLt. Col. 'Mac' Miller
Penny FullerMargaret Mary McMurphy
Finn CarterLinda Matlock Lanier
Christine EliseKaren LanierScott JaeckDr. Singer
Dorian HarewoodMajor Melvin P. Otis
Adam ArkinJoe ArneburgKerry NoonanNellie
Colleen FlynnDr. Colleen Flaherty RichardKathy MolterGloria DawnAmy MichelsonRed Cross Volunteer
Shay AstarKarenCatherine AiLady #2Marion YueKim
Chi Muoi LoArvn
Shannon FarraraGillianFrancine NguyenGrandmaColeby LombardoBoy
Fredric LehneRick WhiteBrian SmiarGeneral Dean Cunliffe
Robert KnepperLongKenneth RansomBanks
Mykelti WilliamsonJean Jacques Rousseau
John LaughlinBrendan McMurphy
Haing S. NgorSeak Yin
Gail O'GradyGeorgia Lee
Pat SkipperMorrison
Edward BlanchardDonnie
John Marshall JonesFluke
Annabelle GurwitchRed Cross Volunteer
Tai ThaiGTO
Lisa BanesPhotojournalist Cat Von SeegerDebra StricklinJan
Dennis BaileyMajor Buford
David YouseGruntRoger HewlettG.I. #2
Kevin GeerBrian McMurphy Jr.RomonaCinnamon Candette
Vivica A. FoxToffee CandetteLe TuanARVN Commander
Richard GreenDr. Dee
Tom WrightRobert
Arsenio 'Sonny' TrinidadVillager
Kim WayansCameo Candette
Linda HoyNurse Beaverbrook
T.E. RussellM.P.
Harold RussellUncle Conal
Tony ColittiCameramanRalph Meyering Jr.Col. Broyles
Page LeongCam Noi
Lydie DenierDanielleMichael K. WoodsAgnone
David NewsomKid
J.P. DizonEtienne
Tommy Morgan Jr.Corpsman
Charles NolandNCO #2Peter LewisMarine #2Jean Pierre NguyenCitizen #1Shere Thu ThuyMother
James MarshallGrunt
Patrick O'BryanConnor McMurphyRick MarzanSantosJurate KazickasSelfChantara NopTroubadourJamie Lynn GrenhamJennySean VertigoAdamStefan KalinkaCohen
Monty JordanCIA OfficerDeborah NewellCool Jerk Dancer at Mess
Joseph Michael RothGruntLisa BurnettOfficer's Wife
Clancy BrownJoey
Barbara BabcockLt. Col. Libby Heiss
Tom BowerArchie Winslow
Ruby DeeRuby
James CromwellAmbassador at Large Roland Weymouth
David MarcianoDee Jay
George CheungPhoung KietJonathan PerpichLt. Price
Kathy BatesJan
Yorgo VoyagisTurner
Kevin ScannellDr. Crocker
James HongBac Si
Michael BowenStepakoff
Kevin KilnerAce
Vanessa Bell CallowaySweet Hula
Viveca LindforsIlsa
Adele BaughnSparkle
Jesse BorregoHector
Nancy SinatraNancy Sinatra
Jay PickettFilmore CrossJames W. SudikAmerican Businessman
Dennis FarinaLt. Colonel Edward Edward Vincent
Kevin McCarthyCongressman Holmes
Perry LangLt. Commander Frederick Emmanuel
Liem WhatleyTran
Helen HuntAmanda 'Sissy' Simpson
Gavan O'HerlihyNoon Gantry
Scott LawrenceEddie Davis
Gary FarmerDreamwalker
Joe SenecaErnie
Nobu McCarthyMadame Lai
Guy BoydInquiry Colonel
Alan BoyceKinnett
Gilbert LewisReverend Beckett
Joanna LipariNurse Webb
Anadel BaughnSizzle
Richard JaeckelDad Winslow
Vondie Curtis-HallBill
Charles CyphersThe General
J. Kenneth CampbellColonel Wadsworth
David ReynoldsPilot #1
Johnny GrantJohnny Grant
Stephen BaldwinChuck Berry
Richard TysonCpl. Whitlow
Donald MoffatDad
Fred ThompsonLt. Col. Reinhardt
Tom HodgesCorporal Nichols
Carlos GómezGaspar
Marco RodríguezRay
Jack BlessingSgt. Masters
Robin StrasserDr. Joan FriedmanMeegan Lee OchsJacy
Don CheadleAngel
Andy BuckleyChaplain
Gerrit GrahamCaptain Soubra
Sarah BuxtonDottie
Morgan WeisserEverett Jr.
Lanei ChapmanGlitter
Basil WallaceRashid
Vic PolizosGeneral Duchesne
Gary Carlos CervantesRichard Chacon
Aki AleongThao
Mary Tanner BaileyBev
Randolph MantoothJoaquin
Ford RaineyOwenCynthia GouwLoretta
Paul Ben-VictorLazaro
Glenn PlummerOmar
Christopher AllportElliott Endicott
Réal AndrewsPatient #3
Ken AbrahamMarineEstelle BennettOld Woman
Thomas Haden ChurchJack Daniels
R. Lee ErmeyColonel Buster Darling
Steven AndersonMajor Dector
Jodie MarkellPam KlingerBill CalvertSgt. Patrick CampbellJim JarrettLt. LackeyFreddy AlwagFilipino Musician #1Andrew-Huy NguyenTran
Doug SavantRichard
Ellen CrawfordJulie Martin
Tommy HinkleySimon
Daniel QuinnMedic
Gary WerntzProvost Marshal
Michael HarrisDarrin
Drew PillsburyRalphieBrian FongVietnamese OfficalCharles HolmanSoldierEverett LamarDookieJoseph M. HamiltonVietnam Vet
Joseph Gordon-LevittArchie Winslow, Age 9
Amy SteelMaria KoloskiRichmond HoxieArnie Beachem
Marc GilpinSammy Coy
Richie AllanCigar SargeScott BrittinghamLieutenant in the Radio Room
Megan MullallyCindyBill AllenBlevins
Tom IrwinBellows
Jeris PoindexterSergeantKimber SissonsArmy Nurse
Reed RudyMontana
Teresa Crespo HartendorpFilipino Musician #2Philip HylandPrivate Dick Tuggle
Tim GriffinTommy
April GracePalm Frond #1
Reiner SchöneCromwell
Billy GalloRicco
Lexie BighamAfro
Penelope WindustJean Winslow
Conni Marie BrazeltonAngie
Michael AronGunnerStanley GroverGeneral Nelson
Mike CannizzoG.I.
Anthony MontesU.S. ClerkChristiane CarmanMindyPatrick Lee JamesBurly MPLorinne VozoffNorma
Susan KrebsNurse DantonKevin WixtedSad ManScott HarlanJean ClaudChristopher Michael MooreDr. Dum
Duane EdwardsPatient #1Mario GardnerMedicDavid J. PartingtonColonel
Elizabeth SungRoxanneJim DoughanResident Doctor
Kayla BlakePei
Dean FortunatoBo
Richard VidanDriscoll
Guy KillumBingo
Jimmy BridgesPatient #3
Aaron SevilleSteele
Kevin SifuentesWhiplashLeigh C. KimVietnamese PriestDiane Carlson-EvansSelfAndrew Van DusenSoldier #1
Gloria ReubenPalm Frond #2
Brian MarkinsonDel
François ChauWhite Mouse
Richard LinebackJim Martin
Bernard WhiteGoldman
Ron TaylorMess Sergeant
Martin GreyClamacco
Scott LincolnOliver Stoned
Michael BostonPrivate WilsonJohn LintonPoohWynn HollingsworthColonel
John SlatteryDr. BobKelsey Dohring2 Year Old KarenKirsten Dohring2 Year Old KarenEd BeechnerMarine #1Skip StellrechtCooper
Ken WrightThe Aide
Ernest HaradaFred HirabayashiDom MagwiliMr. Cat
Sanford ClarkCommando #1James Oden HatchWard MasterDavid Alan NovakClerk
Vince VaughnMotor Pool Driver
Mitch PileggiE.O.D. Sergeant
Linden AshbyPhillip
Tom WoodLarry Fitzkee
Vonte SweetGrunt #2
Vince GrantDunne
Patrick MassettWacoTom PattonM.P.
J. Marvin CampbellLieutenantStephen B. DavisSoldier #3David PeskoPatient #2
Salvator XuerebScrawny MP
Rosalind CashGreene
Billy 'Sly' WilliamsSpider
Cameron ArnettSoldierTico WellsBobby SealeTony T. JohnsonYoung BeckettNick DeMauroFolmsbeeWynonna SmithPalm Frond #3Ramsay MidwoodG.I. #1Philip McNivenWiseguyMarshall Maurice MitchellCharles PotterArlene TaylorAnnie WinslowMichael TraegerPhilip CaplutoNellie Harness CoakleySelf
Sy RichardsonFranklinPatrick John HurleyO'Bannion
Cameron ThorChaplain
Jana Marie HuppMaggie Austin
Charles A. TamburroPilot #2
Elli MaclureDen MotherJason GraaeMusic Soldier
Rick NajeraDaygloDavid CloudG.I. #2Jedd MatthieuRadio Man
Patrick O'NealC.O.
David SherrillGunnerDennis DrakePaulDex Elliott SandersPrivate
Marco AssanteMathesonHeather Jane MacDonaldDuty NurseGunnar PetersonGruntClark CorkumM.P.Tuyet Ngan NguyenVietnamese WomanGeorge PerezKid
David HollanderJake
Alan HaufrectDr. Harbert
Ben LemonBob Green
Kristine BlackburnMegOrlando BonnerPastorShawn ModrellYoung MotherTom CoakleySelf
Neal McDonoughLurch
James StaszkielWagsPetra PorrasInnocencia
April HongOrphan GirlClay WilcoxOpium SmokerWillie J. WaltonWillyRandy ReinholzMoving GruntNancy OmiBar GirlPatrick JohnstonSoldierTerrance VorwaldOperator #1Xuan Xanh VoKim
Grand L. BushMac
Lily MariyeServant
Larron TateG.I. #2
Dana StevensHospital NurseBrian Wesley ThomasSoldier #2
Garvin FunchesKid #2Lawrence KennedyCorpsmanRichard WeygintShort PFC
Steve FrankenJudge Julius H. Hoffman
Geoff MeedSergeant
Andi ChapmanNavy Nurse
Oscar JordanGruntApril TranManMary Ellen ThomasNurse in E.R.Susan FassigLinda
Joseph WhippTop
Carlos LacamaraZapata
Karen HuieSister ThuanEamonn RocheAlvin
Bruce BeattyTechnician
Joe D'AngerioManny HicklebarbDebi ParkerBar GirlO. LaRon ClarkGrunt
Kyle ChandlerGrunt
Shawn LevyLieutenant
Neil GiuntoliMike
Lawrence A. MandleyM.P.Dennis PhunARVN SoldierMichael J. MontesCorporalBodie PlecasD.J.Betsy JacksonSelf
Raymond CruzLopez
Richard Speight Jr.Grunt #2
John ApicellaKunstlerLyndsay RiddellJennifer
Joe LazenbyYoung Man in E.R.
Don HanmerKennethTroy SearcyMalcolm BeckettLoc DoNeighbor
Aaron LustigDr. Darrow
Ben CleavelandKidLisa LaCorteSinging Nurse
Michael WongPeddler
Endre HulesYounger Male Dinner Guest
Kara SachsDollyJason KeeneDanny McMurphy
Christopher MurrayNavy Surgeon
Jimmy Lee NewmanYoung DookieMichelle MannCharoletteDarren EptonG.I.
Tyrone TannArchie WinslowMichael EnnisEmbassy ClerkJack RagotzyPhil Sr.
John MarianoWakefieldBradford BancroftBurned SoldierMarvin ElkinsSanta Claus
Vincent Craig DupreeAmericaBrogan RocheAideBlas LorenzoBand LeaderKady TranVietnamese Woman
Michael RapaportKravitsJeff HudsonBleary SoldierRandy KirbyAmericanSusan ByunReceptionistThu TranMimiDave DuensingGiggling Grunt #1Sean MoloneyG.I. #1
Gil MandelikOlder Male Dinner Guest
Patrick Y. MaloneNick Cheeks
Phyllis ApplegateNurseWill JeffriesSchultz
Jensen DaggettJennifer ArenbergRichard ZobelTonyDonna LewThai Woman
Geoffrey ThorneGiggling Grunt #2David OfficerG.I. #3Barbara SommersOlder Woman Dinner Guest
Louis MandylorAussie
Dalit BerkowitzRed Cross WorkerMichael D. HallLifeguardFrederick HallP.F.C.
Kimiko HiroshigeVietnamese Woman
William FlatleyPriestTom TranARVN Soldier #1
Wendy BowersFlight NursePhi NguyenVC WomanNorman MerrillDaveRobert LiceaAmputee
Owen BushGeneral LeeD. ThompsonMedic
Mirron E. WillisG.I.Kris Erik StevensJoey
Douglas WarhitHickenhopper
Sean GaviganTommyPaul ElmanG.I.Doug MehlbergJerryLaurie SouzaNurse
Chris NoelSelfJan WyattSelfBryan SapphireSoldier
Espérance Pham Thai LanJeune vietnamienneTroy MartinSoldierDana VitatoeUSAF PersonnelBobbi Pavis1987-1990
Ted OtisPrivate Cary
Bill HollingsworthColonelCraig ReedWounded Soldier
Robert Bob YoungSelf - interviewed about Vietnam ExperiencesGuy MaedaSingerBilly TimDrunken Soldier (uncredited)
Oliver TheessThe Soldier (uncredited)Neil BlitsteinSoldier (uncredited)
Conrad HurttBar tender (uncredited)F. Pierre GatlingMedic (uncredited)Neal HickersonSoldier (uncredited)
Amy YasbeckAirplane Stewardess (uncredited)
Cassandra GavaBackup Singer (uncredited)
Stan RodarteSoldier (uncredited)
Lorenzo GasparPvt Hernandez (uncredited)
Alan AustinCaptain Huey (uncredited)Pete PastoreSoldier (uncredited)Tony A. AngeloSoldier (uncredited)Joseph A. RobinsonSoldier (uncredited)
Danny NeroSoldier (uncredited)Tyler BoweMan (uncredited)Paul G. StaloneSoldier (uncredited)
David James ElliottMr. Green (uncredited)
Richard HerdBartender (uncredited)Jim RhineOn Leave Soldier (uncredited)Steven A. HiteSurfer (uncredited)Howard AllenMr. Escape (uncredited)
Doug HutchisonMedic (uncredited)John C. GrantSoilder (uncredited)