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P.O.W. The Escape is a american film of genre War released in USA on 1 april 1986 with David Carradine
P.O.W. The Escape (1986)
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Add to a movie listBehind Enemy Lines is a 1986 American action film directed by Gideon Amir and starring David Carradine. It is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue where Colonel Cooper, an Airborne commando, is sent to Vietnam to free American soldiers caught in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp.
The film is also known as Attack Force 'Nam (American DVD title), P.O.W. the Escape (American reissue title).
Synopsis
Colonel Cooper (David Carradine) is a U.S. Airborne commando who comes to Vietnam with a special mission to liberate imprisoned American soldiers. He gets caught in a North Vietnamese POW camp where there are other airbornes as well as regular soldiers. Action is set at the end of the war and he, as the highest-ranking officer in the POW camp, is to be sent to Hanoi and prosecuted by the North Vietnamese. Camp commander Vinh (Mako Iwamatsu) gets an order to send him to court but instead of obeying it, he offers Cooper a deal - he will help him get to the American sector and then Cooper, in return, would help him immigrate to the USA, where Vinh has family.Actors
David Carradine
(Col. James Cooper)
Mako Iwamatsu
(Capt. Vinh)
Steve James
(Johnston)
Ken Metcalfe
(Gen. Weaver)
Pen Medina
(NVA #1 in empty camp)
James Gaines
(POW #5)
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