Film

The Hanoi Hilton

1987 · 2h 6m · War · Drama

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

IMDb

6.1

Metacritic

32

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.

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

Scotty Sachs

Soles

John Diehl

Murphy

Jesse Dabson

Rasmussen

Bruce Fairbairn

Shavik

James Acheson

Cummins

• Lionel ChetwyndDirector · Writer
• Yoram GlobusProducer
• Menahem GolanProducer
• Mark IrwinDirector of Photography
• Jimmy WebbOriginal Music Composer
• Penelope ShawEditor
• Perry BullingtonCasting

HANOI HILTON

Release date

March 27, 1987

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 6m

Rated

R

Revenue

$760,000

Genres

War, Drama

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