Uncommon Valor

A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese..

• Director:Ted Kotcheff
• Genre:Action / War
• Runtime:101 minutes

Cast

Gene Hackman : Col. Cal Rhodes
Robert Stack : MacGregor
Fred Ward : Wilkes
Reb Brown : Blaster
Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb: Sailor

Taking place in the early 1980s and set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue, former Marine Colonel Jason Rhodes’ (Gene Hackman) is obsessed with finding his son Frank, listed as “Missing In Action” since 1972. After ten years of searching Southeast Asia and turning up several leads, Rhodes believes that Frank is still alive and being kept in Laos as a prisoner of war.

After petitioning the United States government for help, but receiving none, Colonel Rhodes brings together a disparate group of Vietnam War veterans, including some who were a part of Frank’s platoon: Wilkes (Fred Ward), a “tunnel rat” who suffers from PTSD; “Blaster,” a demolitions expert (Reb Brown); and “Sailor,” a mental case with a heart of gold (Randall “Tex” Cobb). Additionally, two helicopter pilots, Distinguished Flying Cross recipient Johnson (Harold Sylvester) and Charts (Tim Thomerson) join the group. Former Marine Kevin Scott (Patrick Swayze) joins the team as the son of a pilot who was shot down in Vietnam and listed as “MIA.”

With the financial backing of a rich oil businessman (whose son served in Frank’s platoon and is also listed as “MIA”) (Robert Stack), the men secretly train near Galveston, Texas before embarking on their trip to the Laos camp in an attempt to bring back the POWs. Read more

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