The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
Directed by Lionel Chetwynd / Yoram Globus / Menahem Golan
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Synopsis by Dan Pavlides
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.
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war, atrocity, espionage, killing, POW (Prisoner of War), POW/MIA, prison, revenge, revolution, survivor
