Action ·Thriller · 1988 · 1h 38m

Skeleton Coast

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Director
John "Bud" Cardos
Cast
Ernest Borgnine as Colonel Smith Robert Vaughn as Colonel Schneider Oliver Reed as Captain Simpson Herbert Lom as Elia Simon Sabela as Sekassi Daniel Greene as Rick
Crew
Mac Errington — Editor Allan Morrison — Editor Colin Shapiro — Original Music Composer Barry Bekker — Original Music Composer Nadia Caillou — Screenplay Harry Alan Towers — Story
Tagline

A retired American colonel: his mission, to rescue his son, a CIA agent imprisoned in the Skeleton Coast!

Synopsis

A retired Army colonel attempts to rescue his imprisoned son in this action packed thriller. To save his CIA operative son from terrorists, Col. Smith (Ernest Borgnine) and a group of mercenaries head to war-torn Angola's Skeleton Coast, where they must infiltrate an armed compound run by a sadistic East German officer before Smith's son is tortured to death. Robert Vaughn, Oliver Reed and Herbert Lom costar.

Key Collaborators
John "Bud" Cardos Director Mac Errington Editor Allan Morrison Editor Colin Shapiro Original Music Composer Barry Bekker Original Music Composer Nadia Caillou Screenplay Harry Alan Towers Story Harry Alan Towers Producer Leonardo Coen Cagli Production Design
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