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Uncommon Valor (1983)

R 105 min  -  Action | Drama | Thriller  -   16 December 1983 (USA)
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Reviews: 37 user | 7 critic | 5 from Metacritic.com

A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese... See full summary »

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Ted Kotcheff
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gene Hackman ...
Robert Stack ...
Fred Ward ...
Reb Brown ...
Randall 'Tex' Cobb ...
Patrick Swayze ...
Harold Sylvester ...
Tim Thomerson ...
Alice Lau Alice Lau ...
Lai Fun (as Lau Nga Lai)
Kwan Hi Lim Kwan Hi Lim ...
Jiang
Kelly Junkerman Kelly Junkerman ...
Paul MacGregor
Todd Allen ...
Frank Rhodes
Gail Strickland Gail Strickland ...
Helen Rhodes
Jane Kaczmarek ...
Mrs. Wilkes
Gloria Stroock Gloria Stroock ...
Mrs. MacGregor
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Storyline

A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese. Supported his father (a retired military man himself) and a rich businessman whose son was also a POW, the group engages in a dangerous and violent adventure trying to rescue the POWs and at the same time re-direct their lives. Written by Luis Alvarez  

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Plot Keywords:

Rescue | Military | Vietnam | Claustrophobia | Prisoner Of War  | See more »

Taglines:

Seven men with one thing in common... See more »

Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller | War

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

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Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$3,144,367 (USA) (16 December 1983) (989 Screens)

Gross:

$30,503,151 (USA) (10 February 1984)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

During Col Rhode's (Gene Hackman) first conversation with Major Johnson (Harold Sylvester), the Major relays a story on how he won the Distinguished Flying Cross in Vietnam. The story closely resembles a similar real life rescue from the book and movie Bat*21, which Gene Hackman starred in 5 years later. See more »

Goofs

Errors in geography: Mountains are shown around Galveston, Texas. Galveston is on an island and there are no mountains around the Texas coastline. See more »

Quotes

Mrs. Wilkes: It's taken me TEN YEARS to get that damn war out of his head!
Rhodes: Oh yeah? Well it looks like it's still in there strong.
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Connections

Referenced in Body for Hire: Bodyguard Training Videos (1997) See more »

Soundtracks

"Badman"
Written and Performed by Ray Kennedy See more »