Hackman - POW Rescue - Movie
Brian Rueger
A few weeks ago there was a movie on one of the premium channels.
It stared Gene Hackman. He was the leader of a group of folks trying to go
somewhere into Laos or Cambodia to rescue some POWs.
Thanks
Brian
Fred Douglas Davis
> Thanks
> Brian
> Bat 21 with Danny Glover
> Mr. Phred
Fred Douglas Davis
haven't actually seen it. I'll check into my film database and see if I
can find it for you.
Ronald Snelgrove
: somewhere into Laos or Cambodia to rescue some POWs.
It sounds like "Uncommon Valour" (Canadian spelling) from 1983 (84?).
Ron
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Fred Douglas Davis <fdd...@jove.acs.unt.edu> wrote:
BAT-21 is *not* the movie. I believe the movie is 'Uncommon Valor', an early
'80s movie. I'm sure many war movie buffs can attest to this.
AKH3
: It stared Gene Hackman. He was the leader of a group of folks trying to
go
: somewhere into Laos or Cambodia to rescue some POWs.
<It sounds like "Uncommon Valour" (Canadian spelling) from 1983 (84?).
< Ron
I think you're talking about Bat 21. It co-stars Danny Glover (the pilot)
and David Grant, who starred in American Flyer. It's a pretty good movie.
Mr. Orange
"Bat 21", I believe.
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The movie is called: UNCOMMON VALOR and come in 1983
Gene Hackman playes the role of COLONEL RHODES.
Director is Ted Kotcheff
Other actor are: ROBERT STACK
FRED WARD
PATRICK SWAYZE
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Michael Carmack
: : A few weeks ago there was a movie on one of the premium channels.
No, Bat 21 is another Gene Hackman movie; Uncommon Valor is indeed the POW
rescue movie. Gene Hackman's son is missing in action, and he believes
he's being held at a prison camp because a satellite photo of the camp
shows that the number "111" has been plowed into a field (111 was his
son's unit number or something.) So he goes and rounds up his old army
buddies and one young kid (Patrick Swayze, I think) whose father is also
MIA. They do in fact discover and rescue some POW's, but Hackman's son
had died some time ago.
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Rustin Gulberg Willson
The movie was called Uncommon Valor. It also starred Fred Ward
and Patrick Swayze.
Dave Elliott
Uncommon Valour - look out for a later movie when he was shot down over
Vietnam and rescued called BAT 21 [ his callsign]
Christopher Dean
: > It stared Gene Hackman. He was the leader of a group of folks trying to go
: > somewhere into Laos or Cambodia to rescue some POWs.
That would be Uncommon Valor.
kmd
Jason W. Nyberg
/> Someone please help me with a movie title.
/> A few weeks ago there was a movie on one of the premium channels.
/> It stared Gene Hackman. He was the leader of a group of folks trying to go
/> somewhere into Laos or Cambodia to rescue some POWs.
/
/"Bat 21", I believe.
How about "Uncommon Valor?"
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