
Eastern Promises(2007)
A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.


“Go behind the lies.”
When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.

John Travolta
Warrant Officer Paul Brenner

Madeleine Stowe
Warrant Officer Sarah Sunhill

James Cromwell
General Joseph Campbell

Timothy Hutton
Colonel William Kent

Leslie Stefanson
Captain Elisabeth Campbell

Daniel von Bargen
Police Chief Yardley

Clarence Williams III
Colonel George Fowler

James Woods
Colonel Robert Moore

John Beasley
Colonel Dr. Donald Slesinger

Boyd Kestner
Captain Jake Elby
The General's Daughter is a thriller, mystery, crime film released in 1999 exploring themes of rape, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), based on novel or book, politics, homicide, police chief. Directed by Simon West, it stars John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell. When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.
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