Follows the suffering, torture, and brutal treatment that American prisoners of war had to deal with on a daily basis while in North Vietnam's Hoa Lo prison.Follows the suffering, torture, and brutal treatment that American prisoners of war had to deal with on a daily basis while in North Vietnam's Hoa Lo prison.Follows the suffering, torture, and brutal treatment that American prisoners of war had to deal with on a daily basis while in North Vietnam's Hoa Lo prison.
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- TriviaAt the beginning of the movie, F-4 Phantom fighters are seen with AA designation on their tails. AA aircraft were assigned to the USS Forrestal. Future Senator/Presidential candidate John McCain who spent several years at the Hanoi Hilton after being shot down while flying from the USS Oriskany, also flew previously from the Forrestal. He narrowly escaped death during the tragic Forrestal fire in 1967.
- GoofsU.S. Air Force commissioned officers do not, and did not, wear silver chinstraps on their service caps. The POW escort officers are shown with silver chinstraps on their service caps. This is a mistake.
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Cathcart: [Making an announcement to the other prisoners in the "Hanoi Hilton"] In the meantime, hear this, and pass it on: The Code of Conduct will apply to all American servicemen in here. Nobody handed you a "Discharge" when you got captured. We will keep the faith--in God, in country, in one another. We will honor military ranks and obey the Senior Ranking Officer at all times. For the time being, until I hear different, I am that SRO. My orders are simple. Firstly: save everything. Collect every piece of scrap you can find. It'll all come in handy. Secondly: stay in contact at all times. You must contact every arrival. You must memorize every name. We will manipulate the enemy, but we will not antagonize him needlessly. You catch more flies with honey, than with vinegar. No matter what they do to us, we are Americans. If we help, and support, one another, we... will... prevail.
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- Gross US & Canada
- $760,000
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,784
- Mar 29, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $760,000
- Runtime2 hours 5 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1