Released
The Hanoi Hilton
March 27 1987 (over 37 years ago)Rating
59
Based on
17 reviews
For Americans captured in Vietnam, one war ended. Another was about to begin.
- Director: Lionel Chetwynd
- Genres: War, Drama
- Runtime: 2 h 6 m
- Box office: $760,000
- Country: United States of America
- Companies: The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
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.
