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The Hanoi Hilton (1987)

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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. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

R, 2 hr. 6 min.

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Directed By: Lionel Chetwynd

On DVD: Nov 11, 2008

Cast

Michael Moriarty
Lt. Comdr. Williamson
Jeffrey Jones
Maj. Fischer
Paul Le Mat
Hubman
Stephen Davies
Capt. Robert Miles
Lawrence Pressman
Col. Cathcart
Aki Aleong
Maj. Ngo Doc (Cat)
Gloria Carlin
Paula
John Diehl
Murphy
Rick Fitts
Capt. Turner
David Soul
Maj. Oldham
Dave Smith
Gregory
Ken Wright
Kennedy
Doug Savant
Ashby
John Vargas
Oliviera
Michael Russo
Fidel the Cuban
Ron Barker
Production Reporter
Jesse Dabson
Rasmussen
Bruce Fairbairn
Shavik
Joseph Hieu
Turnkey #2
Mark Kemble
Jesse
Kevin Lee
Guard
D. Paul Thomas
Shipboard Journalist
Le Tuan
Militia Officer
James Acheson
Cummins
Peter Gray
P.O.W.
Tony Markes
Rookie
Bill Cakmis
Considine
Augustine Lam
Turnkey #1
Marii Mak
Hanoi Hilton
Peter Pan
Peasant Farmer
April Tran
Turnkey #3
Bill Lee
Major Ngiap
John Edwin Shaw
John McCain

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The film's prisoners of war are so familiar and stereotypical as characters that this Vietnam movie feels like a genre item.

July 12, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Too poorly written and acted for such important subject matter.

October 14, 2011

David Underwood

Total gung ho cardboard nonsense. The acting sucked as hard as the writing. I have no sympathy for the communists in real life but in this movie I was hoping they would go full gangster on these wooden soldiers and shoot them all in one long burst. Especially that feeble minded crackpot Moriarty, who plays his flyer

October 1, 2011

Jeremy Freedman

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