Movie
American Ninja
Overview
Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in the Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.
Details
- Release date
- 1985-08-30
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
- Country
- United States of America, Netherlands
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael Dudikoff as Pvt. Joe Armstrong
- Steve James as Cpl. Curtis Jackson
- Judie Aronson as Patricia Hickock
- Guich Koock as Col. William T. Hickock
- John Fujioka as Shinyuki
- Don Stewart as Victor Ortega
- John LaMotta as MSgt. Rinaldo
- Tadashi Yamashita as Black Star Ninja
- Phillip Brock as Pvt. Charley Madison
- Tony Carreon as Older Colombian
- Roi Vinzon as Younger Colombian
- Richard Norton as MP
Crew
- Sam Firstenberg - Director
- Paul De Mielche - Screenplay
- James R. Silke - Screenplay
- Avi Kleinberger - Story
- Gideon Amir - Story
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