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Tank (1984)

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Release Date: Mar 16, 1984 Wide

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James Garner plays an Army officer who puts his hobby to practical use in Tank. Zach (James Garner) moves to a new post in a backwoods Georgia town. Accompanying him is his family --his wife LaDonna (Shirley Jones) and his son Billy (C. Thomas Howell)-- and his prize recreational activity --a restored Sherman tank. Zach strolls into town one night and engages in conversation with Sarah (Jenilee Harrison), a 17-year-old prostitute, who works for the town crime czar and law enforcement authority,

PG, 1 hr. 54 min.

Action & Adventure, Comedy

Directed By: Marvin J. Chomsky

Written By: Dan Gordon

In Theaters: Mar 16, 1984 Wide

On DVD: Jun 15, 1998

Cast

James Garner
Zack
G.D. Spradlin
Sheriff Buelton
Shirley Jones
LaDonna
C. Thomas Howell
Billy
Jenilee Harrison
Sarah
Dorian Harewood
Sgt. Tippet
Sandy Ward
Gen. Hubik
Mark Herrier
Elliott
J. Don Ferguson
Governor Sims
Dan Albright
TV Reporter
Guy Boyd
Sgt. Wimofsky
James Cromwell
Deputy Euclid
Jeff Folger
Reporter
Bob Hannah
School Principal
Wallace Merck
Deputy
Danny Nelson
Gant
Roy Tatum
Coach
Laura Whyte
Reporter
Wallace Wilkinson
Governor of Georgia
Mickey Yablans
School Kid
Joan Riordan
Rhonda Wimofsky
Alan Walker
M. P
Frederick R. Clark
NCO
John Hancock
Mess Sergeant
Larry Jordan
Harris

Critic Reviews for Tank

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Spins its wheels and goes nowhere fast.

August 21, 2004 Full Review | Comment

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

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Initially, what got me to watch this flick was the poster campaign along with its taglines."If you just want to hate, you can come up with all kinds of reasons."Despite what impressions you might make from those images (probably similar to my own), this film is actually a good old-fashioned story about people in

December 7, 2006

Nikolaj Zbikowski

An absurd plot, but you find yourself rooting for James Garner and that tank, especially against that jackass sheriff. Are all southern sheriff's like this? Worth watching if you're pro-Army and like seeing an old-school soldier take it to a corrupt southern town (and blow the hell out of that town with a WWII

April 28, 2010