The Hanoi Hilton

Name: The Hanoi Hilton
Director: Lionel Chetwynd
Released: 1987
Duration: 126 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Paul Le Mat, John Edwin Shaw, Ken Wright, David Soul

1987 · 126 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 1,260 VOTES · DIR. Lionel Chetwynd

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 2,812 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:10:31 No point continuing, eh, commander?

00:19:55 I saw a message on the bath house walls.

00:24:13 Well, whoever just told me to go screw myself

00:29:22 Me and Oldham in cell seven are okay, sir.

00:32:37 Huh, twice decorated Korean ace.

00:38:07 Get away! Jesus! Aah!

00:44:14 He's hurt. He's hurt bad, he's hurt bad. He's hurt.

00:48:28 Shh! Tell us about Cathcart.

00:51:40 CATHCART: As a senior officer

00:55:41 The Vietnamese people is in whose hands lie your fate

01:00:19 They greet everyone like this?

01:03:51 They can kill an MIA but they can't kill a confirmed POW--

01:08:02 "but you have refused to cooperate with visitors

01:14:14 his only son, his beloved child.

01:19:07 He's Cat playing games, trying to break us.

01:22:35 You know something?

01:26:31 Hi. Sure would like to meet you.

01:31:01 In the third row is Billy Zucker.

01:35:51 ¶ Soles, Ashby, Fischer Oldham was it, to my friends ¶

01:41:55 Are you hungry, captain?

01:45:54 Okay. What, what, what?

01:50:20 because I do not wish for you to think

01:54:16 SHAVICK: What the hell's the matter with you guys?

01:57:15 If we were going home, them planes should've been here.

Cast & Characters

Michael Moriarty Williamson Paul Le Mat Hubman John Edwin Shaw Mason Ken Wright Kennedy David Soul Oldham Stephen Davies Miles Lawrence Pressman Cathcart Doug Savant Ashby David Anthony Smith Gregory Jeffrey Jones Fischer

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed2,812

Dialogue density22.3 lines / min

First line00:10:31

Final line01:57:15

Production Record

DirectorLionel Chetwynd

LanguageEnglish

Revenue$760,000

IMDb votes1,260