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Heartbreak Ridge

Clint Eastwood, 1986

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Heartbreak Ridge
Joseph C. Stinson, 1986

NOVELIZATION

Heartbreak Ridge is a movie novelization written by Joseph C. Stinson in 1986 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Clint Eastwood in 1986. The movie features Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, Moses Gunn, Eileen Heckart, Bo Svenson, and others.

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RATING

6.9

/ 10

Movie Poster: Heartbreak Ridge (Clint Eastwood, 1986)

7.6

/ 10

Book Cover: Heartbreak Ridge (Joseph C. Stinson, 1986)

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Storyline

Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway is nearing mandatory retirement from the Marine Corps. Highway repeatedly clashes with Powers and Staff Sergeant Webster, the 1st Platoon platoon sergeant over his unorthodox training methods (such as firing an AK-47 over his men’s heads to familiarize them with the weapon’s distinctive sound).

Movie vs Book

Poster of Heartbreak Ridge, the 1986 movie by Clint Eastwood

Year

1986

Minutes

130

Movie Rate

6.90

Source: IMDb

Movie

Heartbreak Ridge

Country: USA

Year: 1986

Length: 2h10m

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Cover of Heartbreak Ridge, the 1986 book by Joseph C. Stinson

Year

1986

Pages

132

Book Rate

7.60

S: Goodreads

Book

Heartbreak Ridge

Country: USA

First published in: 1986

Length: 132 pages

Genre: Fiction

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Poster of Heartbreak Ridge, the 1986 movie by Clint Eastwood

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Cover of Heartbreak Ridge, the 1986 book by Joseph C. Stinson

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