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The Forgotten

ActionDramaThriller

Duration

1h 31m

Release

26 Apr 1989

Country

United States

Language

English

Overview

Based on a story by Vietnam veteran Paul Staples, the film concerns six American Green Berets, held for 17 years in a Vietnamese POW camp. They are finally released in secret, during a delicate trade-talk session between Vietnam and the United States. Captain Tom Watkins, the ex-prisoners' CO, begins to suspect that government-man Adam Roth, who is in charge of the debriefing, may be pursuing a hidden agenda that will result in the early deaths of Watkins and the five men under his command.

Plot

Held captive by their own army, six American POW's, released from Vietnam seventeen years after the war, escape to the streets of Bonn in WestGermany (1989) to unlock the political secrets that mark them for death.

Cast

Keith CarradineSteve RailsbackPepe Serna

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 5.9/10

Details

Director

James Keach

Writers

Paul StaplesJames KeachSteve Railsback

Awards

1 win
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