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MASTER SCORE 54.1 / 100
1991·Action·1h 29m

BORN TO RIDE

“He was born to break the rules.”

The US Army has decided to modernize its cavalry, so Colonel James E. Devers is ordered by a general to convert a horse unit to motorcycles, but his men are easily outclassed as riders by a pack of rowdies, especially Grady Westfall; when he is arrested risking a long jail term, he's given one way out: enlisting as Corporal, assigned as driving instructor. Unit commander Captain Jack Hassler reviles his unorthodox boyish methods as undermining discipline and tradition, not to mention flirting with the Colonels daughter Beryl Ann, but he's needed, especially when his unit is deployed on a secret mission in Spain.

Above the Line
Graham Baker·DirectorJanice Hickey·ScreenplayMichael Pardridge·ScreenplayFrank Gell·Director of PhotographyShirley Walker·Original Music ComposerAlan Balsam·Editor
Cast
John Stamos·Cpl. Grady WestfallTeri Polo·Beryl Ann DeversJohn Stockwell·Capt. Jack HasslerSandy McPeak·Col. James E. Devers (CO, 36th Div.)Kris Kamm·Bobby NovakKeith Cooke·BroadwaterDean Yacalis·CartucciSalvator Xuereb·LevonJustin Lazard·BrooksThom Mathews·Willis
Full Crew
(21 credits)
Directing· 2
Graham Baker·DirectorMaxine Bergen·Script Supervisor
Writing· 2
Janice Hickey·ScreenplayMichael Pardridge·Screenplay
Camera· 1
Frank Gell·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Alan Balsam·Editor
Sound & Music· 2
Shirley Walker·Original Music ComposerSally Boldt·Music Editor
Art & Design· 5
Francis J. Pezza·Production DesignSteve Spence·Art DirectionLeslie Herman·Costume DesignRob McGraw·Set DecorationLeslie Tomkins·Supervising Art Director
Production· 8
Sandra Weintraub·ProducerFred Weintraub·ProducerPenny Perry·CastingRoy Button·Associate ProducerMilan Stanisic·Production SupervisorMaxwell Meltzer·Unit Production ManagerDragan Josipovic·Production ManagerNada Pinter·Production Coordinator
By the Numbers
54.1
OF 100
Master Score
5.1
OF 10
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