War ·Drama · United States of America · 1987 · 2h 6m

The Hanoi Hilton

Director

Cast

Michael Moriarty as Williamson John Edwin Shaw as Mason Ken Wright as Kennedy Paul Le Mat as Earl Hubman Lawrence Pressman as Cathcart Stephen Davies as Miles

Crew

Mark Irwin — Director of Photography Penelope Shaw — Editor Jimmy Webb — Original Music Composer Lionel Chetwynd — Writer Yoram Globus — Producer Menahem Golan — Producer

Tagline

For Americans captured in Vietnam, one war ended. Another was about to begin.

Synopsis

Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of American servicemen who are prisoners at the detention camp. He assumes command after Cathcart (Lawrence Pressman) is dragged off to be tortured.

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