The General's Daughter

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The General's Daughter
The General's Daughter Film poster
Directed by	Simon West
Produced by	Mace Neufeld
Written by	Christopher Bertolini, William Goldman, Nelson DeMille
Starring	John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton, James Woods, Leslie Stefanson
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	18 June 1999 (US Theatres) 14 December 1999 (DVD)
Running time	116 minutes
Language	English
Budget	US$60,000,000 (estimated)
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The General's Daughter is a 1999 film starring John Travolta. The plot concerns the mysterious death of the daughter of a prominent General. The movie is based on the novel by the same name written in 1992 by Nelson DeMille. Directed by Simon West.

[edit] Summary (semi-plot spoiler)

When a general's daughter (Leslie Stefanson), an army captain in psychological operations, is found murdered, two warrant officer investigators with the Army's Criminal Investigation Division (John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe) are brought in to investigate. The young woman was staked down with tent poles, strangled, and presumably raped. But what the investigators find is even more bizarre, relating back to her days at West Point and involving the general (James Cromwell) himself and his chief of staff (Clarence Williams III). The daughter's one confidant (James Woods) also ends up as an apparent suicide and is assumed to be the culprit. Cover-ups and sexual scandals rampage throughout the film. Timothy Hutton appears as the base provost marshal.