Jacob's Ladder
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.
Director(s)
Perry Lang
Adrian Lyne
Joseph P. Reidy
Deborah Lupard
Vebe Borge
Where to watch
Amazon Video
Rent
Cast & crew
Kyle Gass
Tony
Joseph P. Reidy
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Danny Aiello
Louis
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Paul
John Capodice
Army Officer
S. Epatha Merkerson
Elsa
Elizabeth Peña
Jezzie
Becky Ann Baker
Nurse
Ving Rhames
George
Ed Jupp Jr.
Eyeless Doctor (uncredited)
Tim Robbins
Jacob
José Alvarez
Factory Worker (uncredited)
Jason Alexander
Geary
Christopher John Fields
Field Medic
Gloria Irizarry
Mrs. Carmichael
Brent Hinkley
Jerry
Bellina Logan
Emergency Ward Nurse
Matt Craven
Michael
Suzanne Shepherd
Hospital Receptionist
Anthony Alessandro
Rod
Deborah Lupard
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Vebe Borge
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Jaime Perry
Field Medic
Patricia Kalember
Sarah
Steve Baker
Pool Player (uncredited)
Lewis Black
Jacob's Doctor
Brian Tarantina
Doug
John P. 'Jack' McLaughlin
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Macaulay Culkin
Gabe (uncredited)
Jan Saint
Santa
Doug Barron
Group Leader
Raymond Anthony Thomas
Policeman
Nora Burns
Hospital Patient
Orson Bean
Self - Game Show Panelist (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eriq La Salle
Frank
Alison Gordy
Hospital Patient
Scott Cohen
Resident Doctor
Perry Lang
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Stephanie Berry
Partygoer
Adrian Lyne
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John Louis Fischer
Machine Gunner
Antonia Rey
Woman on Subway
Robert Baglia
Tommy, Patient (uncredited)
Kisha Skinner
Street Singer
Dion Simmons
Street Singer
Sam Coppola
Taxi Driver
Patty Rosborough
Drunk
Evan O'Meara
Sam
Michael Tomlinson
Field Doctor
A.M. Marxuach
Field Doctor
Davidson Thomson
Evil Doctor
Bryan Larkin
Jed
B.J. Donaldson
Eli
Thomas A. Carlin
Doorman
Carol Schneider
Nurse
Diane Kagan
Nurse
Billie Neal
Della
Mike Stokie
Field Sergeant
James Ellis Reynolds
EMT Bearer
Dennis Rubin Green
Attendant
Brad Hamler
Orderly
Byron Minns
Orderly
Reggie McFadden
Partygoer
Chris Murphy
Partygoer
John-Martin Green
Partygoer
Arleigh Richards
Paul's Wife
Ann Pearl Gary
Mourner
Barbara Gruen
Mourner
Joe Quintero
Street Kid
Alva Williams
Masked Man
Elizabeth Abassi
Hospital Patient
Jessica Roberts
Hospital Patient
Holly Kennedy
Hospital Patient
Blanche Irwin Stuart
Hospital Patient
Ray DeFeis
Straight Jacket Patient (uncredited)
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Reviews
GenerationofSwine
Trippy. No, you probably didn't read that right. I meant to write it in a way that sounded more like a stoner. Tripppy? Tttttrrrrrriiiippppppyyyyy, duuuude. Something like that. Anyway, I love Tim Robbins as an actor and you should take that statement into consideration when I say that this is one of his better films. What I can say is that a doctor goes to Vietnam, and then leaves his wife, marries someone else becomes a Postal Employee, and that is about as much as I can honestly say without throwing the spoiler alert up. It is one of those movies where everything you love about the plot would be a red flag on the spoiler radar... so watch it, enjoy it, you won't be disappointed. And you will see what I am talking about with the spoilers when you get there.
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