Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003)
January 13, 2003Release Date
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003)
January 13, 2003Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Aidan Quinn
Gen. Benedict Arnold
Jane Brennan
Hannah Arnold
Kelsey Grammer
George Washington
Laura Brennan
Sarah Shippen
Laura Brennan
Sarah Shippen
Flora Montgomery
Peggy Shippen
Anthony Brophy
Lord Lauderdale
John Light
John Andre
Details.
Release DateJanuary 13, 2003
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
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Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor is a 2003 American television film directed by Mikael Salomon and starring Aidan Quinn, Kelsey Grammer, Flora Montgomery and John Light. It portrays the career of Benedict Arnold in the American Revolutionary War and his dramatic switch in 1780 from fighting for American Independence to being a Loyalist trying to preserve British rule in America. Arnold's relationships with his wife Peggy Shippen and the British officer John André are focused on. The friction between Arnold and General Horatio Gates, portrayed near the beginning of the film (for example, in one scene when Arnold derisively refers to him as "Granny Gates"), was historically accurate. The movie points out that, before his treason, Arnold was considered a patriot and a hero. A letter from General Washington is read at the beginning where he enthusiastically recommends Arnold for promotion saying that there is no general in the army more deserving and even comparing him to Hannibal. The movie briefly documents Arnold's final years of exile in England in which he laments his treasonous acts, realizing that he is despised and that people compare him with Judas and Lucifer.