Who'll Stop The Rain?

aka: Dog Soldiers
USA 1978, 126 minutes
Dir. Karel Reisz
Rating: [M]
Genres: Suspense/Crime / War

Feat. Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Richard Masur, Anthony Zerbe, Ray Sharkey, Gail Strickland

Aroview: Classic post-Vietnam War thriller has journalist Moriarty ditching his journalistic career for heroin-smuggling, recruiting wife Weld and ex-pal Nolte for the misadventure.

Soon enroute to California pursued by various goons, mostly CIA, this manages to succesfully combine suspense with flawless performances and moral complexity, accurately reflecting the soul-searching of 1970s America. From the acclaimed novel by Robert Stone.