The Forgotten

Apr 26, 1989

1h 31m

★ 5.4

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.

Genres

Action

Thriller

TV Movie

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Cast

Cap. Tom Watkins

Keith Carradine

Lt. Jesse Brady

Steve Railsback

Sgt. Pepe Gutierrez

Pepe Serna

Sgt. Frank " Doc " McDermott

Richard Lawson

Sgt. Peter Lowell

Don Keith Opper

Sgt. Elmer J. Miller

Michael Champion

Premier

Tzi Ma

Pearse

Bruce Boa

Adam Roth

Stacy Keach

Claudia Feldhaus

Mimi Maynard

Major White

Sandra Will

Colonel Jack Westford

William Lucking

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