A trio of robbers, two brothers and their twisted genius leader, invade a lightship, but don't reckon on the crew fighting back.
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Title: The Lightship (1985)
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Michal Skolimowski | ... | Alex (as Michael Lyndon) |
| Klaus Maria Brandauer | ... | Captain Miller | |
| Tom Bower | ... | Coop | |
| Robert Costanzo | ... | Stump | |
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Tim Phillips | ... | Thorne |
| Badja Djola | ... | Nate | |
| Robert Duvall | ... | Calvin Caspary | |
| William Forsythe | ... | Gene | |
| Arliss Howard | ... | Eddie | |
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Just when US Coast Guard captain Miller takes his teenage son Alex to his lightship off the coast of Virginia, Calvin Caspary and two criminal accomplices, on the run for the police, decide to hijack it. What the crazy trio didn't count on is that this small crew doesn't just keep taking it lying low, they will put up a fight. Alex hides dad's gun and wrestles his his war past and courage. Written by KGF Vissers
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The guiding light in a sea of treachery.Parents Guide:
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Alex: [narrating] My old man was a captain in the Coast Guard. We never saw too much of each other. Most of the time he was away at sea. But this time I was lucky. He made it to my graduation.
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[first lines]Alex: [narrating] My old man was a captain in the Coast Guard. We never saw too much of each other. Most of the time he was away at sea. But this time I was lucky. He made it to my graduation.
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A fascinating and complex --under the simplicity of its surface-- fable of good against evil and a coming-of-age tale, with excellent performances by Duvall and Brandauer and a superb direction by Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, here in one of his best films --along with "Moonlighting" and "Deep End". Simply: an enjoying and rare gem.