Taps This school is our home, we think it's worth defending. Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers. Details Casts Videos Galleries Posters Title Taps Release Date 1981-12-20 Runtime 02 Hours 06 Minutes Genres War Drama Production Companies 20th Century Fox Production Countries United States of America George C. Scott... General Harlan Bache... Timothy Hutton... Cadet Major Brian Morelan... Ronny Cox... Colonel Kerby... Sean Penn... Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer... Tom Cruise... Cadet Captain David Shawn... Brendan Ward... Charlie Auden... Evan Handler... Edward West... John P. Navin, Jr.... Derek Mellott... Billy Van Zandt... Bug... Giancarlo Esposito... Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce... Donald Kimmel... Billy Harris... Timothy Wahrer... Cadet Major John Cooper... Tim Riley... Hulk... Jeff Rochlin... Shovel... Rusty Jacobs... Rusty... Jess Osuna... Dean Ferris... David Reed... Townnie... Earl Hindman... Lieutenant Hanson... Ed Spinelli... Townie (uncredited)... Taps Trailer (Trailer) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (2026x1140) Original Size (1280x720) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1400x2100) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1400x2100) Original Size (960x1440) Original Size (745x1071) Original Size (800x1200) Original Size (1600x2400) Original Size (1100x1555) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (960x1440) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (828x1242) Original Size (1000x1500)