No Dead Heroes (1986)

Director:

Junn P. Cabreira

Writers:

Junn P. Cabreira (story) &
Arthur Gelfield (story)

Release Date:

19 May 1988 (Portugal)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

A US lieutnant is turned into a guinea pig for deadly KGB experiments.

Plot Keywords:

Vietnam | Cambodia | Assassination Attempt | Prisoner Of War | Vietnam War

Cast

Max Thayer	...	William Sanders
John Dresden	...	Harry Cotter
Nick Nicholson	...	Ivan, KGB officer
David Anderson	...	General Craig (as Dave Anderson)
Mike Monty	...	Chief of the CIA (as Mike Monte)
Toni Nero	...	Barbara
Steve Rogers	...	Green beret
Paul Vance
Warren McLean
Harry Lausman
Joe Collins
Eric Hahn	...	Green beret (as Erik Hahn)
Gerald Tosco
Ronnie Patterson
Bill James Haverly

Directed by
Junn P. Cabreira		(as J.C. Miller)

Writing credits
Junn P. Cabreira		(story & screenplay) (as J.C. Miller) &
Arthur Gelfield		(story & screenplay)

Produced by
Junn P. Cabreira	....	producer (as J. C. Miller)
Marciano Jao	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Marita M. Wellman

Cinematography by
Freddie C. Grant		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Edgardo Vinarao		(as Edgar Vine)

Casting by
Paul Vance
Daniel Zale

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joel Freeman	....	assistant director

Special Effects by
Jun Rambell	....	special effects

Stunts
Val Morris	....	stunt coordinator

Production Companies

• Cineventures
• Maharaj-Miller Film (in association with)

Distributors

• Manson International Pictures (198?) (USA) (theatrical)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (19??) (USA) (VHS)
• Vestron Video International (1987) (UK) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA | Philippines

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (cut) | Portugal:M/18 | Finland:(Banned) | Iceland:(Banned) | Australia:(Banned) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Philippines

Company:

Cineventures

Trivia:

First of five features to shoot in the Philippines, Canada and Los Angeles. Cineventures' mailing address was PO Box 2133, Beverly Hills, 90213, Ca.

Fantastic B film that propelled Max Thayer's Career

I purchased a copy of this on eBay for $24 as I learned Max Thayer starred in this gem. After seeing him in No retreat No surrender 2, I knew I had to own this film.

After 3 months of waiting for my copy, it finally arrived this morning. I of course took the day off work, lit up a jay and popped it in my VCR.

From the opening credits I knew It was watching something special. Straight from 1987 and everything that came along with it. Max's acting in this doesn't rise to the sophistication and sharpness of that in NRNS2 however. You get the idea that maybe he enjoyed himself a lot more in that film than this one. Although he is still great in it and passes off some very surreal acting.

The villain Nick Nicholson has to be seen to be believed. There are no words in the English language to describe his performance. His character transfers from a sadistic general, then forward 10 years (that's right, this film has a time warp), to where he's a maniac communist trying to implement justice into the world by assassinating the pope and US president. Simply brilliant.

Kudos to J.C Miller for having the balls to write the screenplay for this and eventually direct it. I'd love to see a DVD release of this with his commentary. I imagine it would be very manic and one of the best commentaries ever. Simply because anyone who'd write a film like this, is a unique artist - worthy of cinema acclaim.

10\10 - A must see.