Death Before Dishonor is a 1987 American action film directed by Terry Leonard.

Gunnery Sergeant Burns (Fred Dryer) is in charge of the Marine Security Guard detachment at a United States embassy in the Middle East. When terrorists attack the compound, taking hostages, Burns becomes a one-man Marine Corps in an attempt to rescue the hostages and kill the terrorists.

• Fred Dryer as Gunnery Sergeant Burns
• Brian Keith as Colonel Halloran
• Kasey Walker as Maude
• Joanna Pacula as Elli
• Joseph Gian as Sergeant Manuel Ramirez
• Sasha Mitchell as Ruggieri
• Peter Parros as James
• Paul Winfield as The Ambassador
• Rockne Tarkington as "Jihad"
• Dan Chodos as Amin
• Mohammad Bakri as Gavril
• Chaim Girafi as Zabib
• Tuvia Tavi as Elias
• Yossi Ashdot as Hamed

Death Before Dishonor marked the directorial debut for Terry J. Leonard, who was primarily known for his stunt work, but had also served as a second unit director for several feature films and television shows.^[1] The film was originally scheduled to shoot in Yugoslavia, but producer Lawrence Kubik received a telephone call warning him not to come to Yugoslavia, consequently, the location was moved to Israel, where production costs were lower. The film shot in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Jaffa.^[1]

The film was released on DVD on April 17, 2001, by Anchor Bay Entertainment.^[3]