The Hanoi Hilton
For Americans captured in Vietnam, one war ended. Another was about to begin.5.8
Plot
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.
Writer | Lionel Chetwynd |
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Director | Lionel Chetwynd |
Actor | Michael Moriarty, John Edwin Shaw, Ken Wright |
Country | United States of America |
Production | The Cannon Group |