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The Hanoi Hilton

Release Date:March 27, 1987

Running Time:126 min

Genres:Drama, War

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Cast

Michael Moriarty John Edwin Shaw Ken Wright Paul Le Mat Lawrence Pressman Stephen Davies David Soul Doug Savant Jeffrey Jones John Vargas Rick Fitts Scotty Sachs

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

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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