The Hanoi Hilton

Name: The Hanoi Hilton
Director: Lionel Chetwynd
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 1987-03-27
Duration: 2 h 6 min
Rating: 5.357
Cast: Michael Moriarty, John Edwin Shaw, Ken Wright, Paul Le Mat, Lawrence Pressman

“For Americans captured in Vietnam, one war ended. Another was about to begin.”

1987

2h 6m

War Drama

Director: Lionel Chetwynd

Writer: Lionel Chetwynd

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Overview

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.