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Overview

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Director:
Joseph Zito
Writers:
Arthur Silver (characters) &
Larry Levinson (characters) ...
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Release Date:
16 November 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | War more
Tagline:
The war's not over until the last man comes home. more
Plot:
Colonel James Braddock is an American officer who spent seven years in a North Vietnamese POW camp, then escaped 10 years ago... more | add synopsis
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(3 articles)
Missing In Action Gets Remake; 63% Less Roundhouse Kicks Confirmed
 (From FilmJunk. 9 March 2009, 6:25 AM, PDT)

Missing in Action again
 (From JoBlo. 5 March 2009, 4:26 PM, PST)

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Ghosts of Vietnam hell haunting Norris... more
US TV Schedule:
Fri. July 101:45 PMAMC   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Chuck Norris ... Col. James Braddock

M. Emmet Walsh ... Tuck
David Tress ... Sen. Porter
Lenore Kasdorf ... Ann

James Hong ... Gen. Trau
Ernie Ortega ... Vinh
Pierrino Mascarino ... Jacques
Erich Anderson ... Masucci (as E. Erich Anderson)

Joseph Carberry ... Carter
Avi Kleinberger ... Dalton
Willie Williams ... Randall
Ric Segreto ... GI
Bella Flores ... Madame Pearl
Gil Arceo ... First Vietnamese Businessman
Roger Dantes ... Second Vietnamese Businessman
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Additional Details

Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Philippines
Company:
Cannon Group more

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Trivia:
Filmed together with Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985), this film was supposed to be the sequel. However when the producers realized this film was the better of the two, they simply renamed them and made the other film a prequel to this. This explains why Steve Bing receives a credit for "characters" because he wrote the screenplay for what became the prequel. more
Quotes:
Col. James Braddock: The misfortunes of war! more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Sidekicks (1992) more
Soundtrack:
What I Like About You more

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16 out of 23 people found the following comment useful:-
Ghosts of Vietnam hell haunting Norris..., 25 June 2004
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There has been great controversy about U.S. prisoners of war (POWs) and those missing in action (MIAs) during the Vietnam War…

While Colonel Braddock - one of the outspoken proponents of the theory that Americans are still being held in Vietnam today - is now in Saigon at the president's request to see if there are more MIAs in Vietnam…

The American delegation hopes Braddock's presence would increase their ability to negotiate… But General Trau (James Hong) believes that Colonel Braddock is not a prisoner of war, but a common criminal, brought to Saigon only in an attempt to embarrass his government…

The sexy aide of Senator Porter, Lenore Kasdorf, thinks that Braddock is the most undiplomatic man she has ever met…

The action begins when the Vietnam vet - not supposed to leave the hotel without an escort - assaults General Trau's residence, pays for a bullet-proof speed riverboat and blazes his way with an old war buddy called Tuck (M. Emmet Walsh) through the jungles of Saigon…

Norris, challenging several unpredicted attacks from his enemies, takes at last his revenge after he experiences the fear, chaos and atrocities of the Vietnam hell…

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