Story Line
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
“Their innocence. Their heritage. Their lives.”
Top Cast
Matthew Broderick
Col. Robert Gould Shaw
Denzel Washington
Pvt. Trip
Cary Elwes
Maj. Cabot Forbes
Morgan Freeman
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Jihmi Kennedy
Pvt. Jupiter Sharts
Andre Braugher
Cpl. Thomas Searles
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Rating
7.5/ 10
Release Date
1989-12-15
Runtime
2h 2m
Genres
DramaHistoryWar
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User Reviews (4)
John Chard
10/10
•2/5/2019And there wouldn't be nothing but rebs dyin if they'd let the fifty-fourth in it.
Based around the actual letters sent by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw to his parents, this Civil War picture tells the story of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, the firs...
Filipe Manuel Neto
9/10
•7/20/2023**An excellent film that deserves to be revisited and brought back from oblivion.**
For me, as a historian, this film couldn't be more interesting. It's not your average war movie, with soldiers running and shooting, and heroism spilling over from...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•3/22/2025Based on historical fact and on letters written to his parents by Col. Robert Gould Shaw, this dramatises the creation of the first all-black regiment in the Union army that fought in the US Civil War. It was created as the Confederacy looked dominan...
kevin2019
10/10
•11/21/2025"Glory" is an extremely important film and you can only hope it is historically accurate. It ought to be with the wealth of material widely available and historians knowlegable in the period being called upon to advise, assist and guide the productio...