Movie
Uncommon Valor
Overview
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.
Details
- Release date
- 1983-12-16
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Drama, War, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Gene Hackman as Col. Cal Rhodes
- Fred Ward as Wilkes
- Robert Stack as MacGregor
- Patrick Swayze as Kevin Scott
- Harold Sylvester as Johnson
- Randall 'Tex' Cobb as Sailor
- Tim Thomerson as Charts
- Lau Nga-Lai as Lai Fun
- Kwan Hi Lim as Jiang
- Kelly Junkerman as Paul MacGregor
- Todd Allen as Frank Rhodes
- Gail Strickland as Helen Rhodes
Crew
- Ted Kotcheff - Director
- Joe Gayton - Screenplay
- Wings Hauser - Story
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