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Weekend Warriors is a american film of genre Drama directed by Bert Convy released in USA on 1 october 1986 with Chris Lemmon
Weekend Warriors (1986)
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Add to a movie listWeekend Warriors is a 1986 film directed by Bert Convy. An alternative title is Hollywood Air Force.
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In 1961, with war looming in Berlin, an Air National Guard unit of actors, journalists and studio personnel should pass an inspection to save themselves from transferred to war front.Actors
Chris Lemmon
(Vince Tucker)
Matt McCoy
(Ames)
Vic Tayback
(Sgt. Burdge)
Graham Jarvis
(Congressman Balljoy)
Lloyd Bridges
(Col. Archer)
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