Rating: R
Genre: Thriller
Theatrical Release: 06/18/1999(USA)
Release Date: 12/14/1999
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DDS/DD5.1
Run Time: 116 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Paramount

A murder on a military base unearths a netherworld of corruption in this thriller based on the novel by Nelson DeMille. General Joe Campbell (James Cromwell) is a respected military leader with a flawless reputation; he's due to retire from the Army soon and is headed for a Vice-Presidential nomination. However, Campbell finds himself in both a personal and political crisis when his daughter is brutally murdered. Captain Elizabeth Campbell (Leslie Stefanson) was beautiful, intelligent, disciplined, and well-regarded, the very model of an ideal female officer; she was also stationed at the same base as her father. Paul Brenner (John Travolta), a warrant officer of the Army's Criminal Investigation Division, is assigned to look into the case alongside CID officer Sara Sunhill (Madeleine Stowe). Brenner and Sunhill were once romantically involved, complicating an assignment that soon offers more than enough complications of its own. Brenner and Sunhill come to realize that, for all her accomplishments, Elizabeth carried a lifetime of emotional scars from emotional abuse and sexual harassment, and that, despite the General's reputation, his relationship with his daughter was not always a happy or healthy one. It also seems possible that the General's second-in-command, General George Fowler (Clarence Williams III), a likely candidate for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, may also be implicated in the crime. The General's Daughter was the second feature film for director Simon West; his full-length debut was Con Air (1997), after a long string of successful television commercials and music videos.

~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
John Travolta - Paul Brenner
Madeleine Stowe - Sara Sunhill
James Cromwell - Gen. Joe Campbell
Timothy Hutton - Col. Kent
Leslie Stefanson - Elisabeth Campbell
Daniel Von Bargen - Chief Yardley
Clarence Williams III - Col. George Fowler
James Woods - Col. Moore
Peter Weireter - Belling
Mark Boone, Jr. - Elkins
John Beasley - Col. Slesinger
Boyd Kestner - Captain Elby
Brad Beyer - Bransford
John Benjamin Hickey - Capt. Goodson
Rick Dial - Cal Seiver
Ariyan Johnson - PFC Robbins
John Frankenheimer - Gen. Sonnenberg

Production:
Simon West - Director
Mace Neufeld - Producer
Stratton Leopold - Co Producer
Carter Burwell - Composer
Glen Scantlebury - Editor
William Goldman Christopher Bertolini - Screen Writer
Lynn Christopher Marvin March Beverly Eagen Lorrie Campbell - Set Designer
Ray Colcord - Additional Music
Ann Harris - Art Director
Tom Taylor - Art Director
Anson Downes - Associate Producer
Linda Rae Favila - Associate Producer
Mindy Marin - Casting
Peter Menzies, Jr. - Cinematographer
Erica Phillips - Costume Designer
Jonathan D. Krane - Executive Producer
Steve Danton - First Assistant Director
Dennis Washington - Production Designer
Stephen Flick - Sound Editor
Stephen Flick - Sound/Sound Designer
Thomas D. Causey - Sound/Sound Designer
Nelson DeMille - Book Author

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