The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
"For Americans captured in Vietnam, one war ended. Another was about to begin."
Title: The Hanoi Hilton
Original Title: The Hanoi Hilton
Release Date: 1987-03-27
Status: Released
Rating: 5.225/10 (from 20 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: War, Drama
Production Companies: The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of American servicemen who are prisoners at the detention camp. He assumes command after Cathcart (Lawrence Pressman) is dragged off to be tortured.
Cast
Michael Moriarty
Williamson
John Edwin Shaw
Mason
Ken Wright
Kennedy
Paul Le Mat
Earl Hubman
Lawrence Pressman
Cathcart
Stephen Davies
Miles
David Soul
Oldham
Doug Savant
Ashby
Jeffrey Jones
Fischer
John Vargas
Oliviera