Movie Info

Based on a true story, Chattahoochee depicts the life of Emmett Foley (Gary Oldman), a Korean War hero who becomes an unlikely crusader on behalf of m...(read more...) ental health patients. Unable to adjust to life after the war, Emmett quickly falls apart; after a showdown in which he taunts the cops, he's thrown into the Chattahoochee State Mental Hospital. His hard-luck story turns into a bigger nightmare when he discovers just how inhumane the institution is.

Director: Mick Jackson

MPAA: R

Running Time: 97 min.

Release Date: Apr 20, 1990

Cast: Dennis Hopper, Frances McDormand, Gary Oldman, Lee Wilkof, M. Emmet Walsh, Matt Craven, Ned Beatty, Pamela Reed, Richard Portnow, Wilbur Fitzgerald