While a major in the U.S. Army, Joe Cheever has a fling with his commanding officer's daughter that results in a pregnancy. Cheever convinces the girl to have an illegal abortion. The abortion goes wrong and the girl dies. To protect his career, Cheever implicates Captain Dennison whose life is thereby ruined. Years later, the Captain's now grown-up sister Katherine marries Army Major Alex Breen, and is stunned to learn his commanding officer is the now Colonel Cheever. She becomes obsessed with getting revenge for the sake of her dead brother.
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Kevin Dobson
Col. Joseph Cheever
Kelly McGillis
Katherine Dennison Breen
Alec Baldwin
Maj. Alex Breen
Savannah Smith Boucher
Anne Haggarty Cheever
Wings Hauser
Maj. Frank Hollins
John Richard Petersen
Soldier (uncredited)
Alfre Woodard
Vicki Teague
Merritt Butrick
Capt. Paul Dennison
Richard Bradford
Gen. George Markham
Rick Fitts
Maj. Bill Teague
Helen Hunt
Debbie Markham
Dana Elcar
Sen. Arthur Hagerty
Barbara Brownell
Mrs. Markham
Albert Carrier
Maitre D
Lynn Lowry
Rita (uncredited)
