The Hanoi Hilton (movie)
- User score: 5.9
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: Lionel Chetwynd
- Production companies: The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
- Genre: War, Drama
- Revenue: $760,000
- Release date: 3/27/1987
- Run time: 126 min.
Movie description
Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of American servicemen who are prisoners at the detention camp. He assumes command after Cathcart (Lawrence Pressman) is dragged off to be tortured.