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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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

Rick Fitts

Turner

John Diehl

Murphy