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Prisoners

Prisoners

1975•1h 28m
DramaWar

Melodrama set in South Vietnam in the 1960s. Krueger (Bramhall), a former infantry lieutenant, is imprisoned at Quai Dong, on the South China Sea, for refusing to fight. After a year at hard labor, he is told to use his Vietnamese language skills to question a Viet Cong suspect. The prisoner is drugged and tortured during the interrogation. Krueger eventually stops the torture by pretending that the prisoner has disclosed the location of a supply dump.

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Production

Williams Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jesse Dizon

The Prisoner

Peter Hooten

Peter Hooten

Howard Hesseman

Howard Hesseman

Mark Bramhall

Mark Bramhall

Lt. Krueger

Mako

Mako

Sgt. Nguyen

Rob Reece

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