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Lionel Chetwynd (writer)
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A drama focusing on the suffering, torture, and brutal treatment the American P.O.W.s had to deal with daily while in North Vietnam's Hoa Lo Prison... more | add synopsis
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Revenge of the 80's: The Viet-Nam war movies. more (13 total)
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Michael Moriarty | ... | Williamson | |
| John Edwin Shaw | ... | Mason | |
| Ken Wright | ... | Kennedy | |
| Paul Le Mat | ... | Earl Hubman | |
| David Soul | ... | Oldham | |
| Stephen Davies | ... | Miles | |
| Lawrence Pressman | ... | Cathcart | |
| Doug Savant | ... | Ashby | |
| David Anthony Smith | ... | Gregory | |
| Jeffrey Jones | ... | Fischer | |
| John Vargas | ... | Oliviera | |
| Rick Fitts | ... | Turner | |
| Scotty Sachs | ... | Soles | |
| John Diehl | ... | Murphy | |
| Jesse Dabson | ... | Rasmussen |
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125 min
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The Hanoi Hilton (1987) was an film that took a rare look at the brutal treatment many of the P.O.W. pilots went through whilst they were held captive in North Viet-Nam. What could have been a good movie is ruined by the right-wing rhetoric, soap boxing and grand standing that is so blatant that even a child could easily read through the lines. Maybe someday a film-maker will take this story and make a more balanced and straight forward view on the subject instead of swinging either to the left or the right. I like my movies to keep politics on the side (unless they can do it without hitting the viewer over the head like Brunuel or Watkins). A rare film on such an interesting subject.
Worth a view but not a keeper.
Fair.
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