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Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Metacritic32/100
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Lionel ChetwyndDirector
- Lionel ChetwyndWriter
- Jimmy WebbOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michael MoriartyWilliamson
- John Edwin ShawMason
- Ken WrightKennedy
- Paul Le MatEarl Hubman
- Lawrence PressmanCathcart
- Stephen DaviesMiles
- David SoulOldham
- Doug SavantAshby
- Jeffrey JonesFischer
- John VargasOliviera
- Rick FittsTurner
- Scotty SachsSoles
Stills
Themes
vietnam warprisoner of warelectrical torture