The Forgotten (1989)
Overview
Based on a story by Vietnam veteran Paul Staples, the film concerns six American Green Berets, held for 17 years in a Vietnamese POW camp. They are finally released in secret, during a delicate trade-talk session between Vietnam and the United States. Captain Tom Watkins, the ex-prisoners' CO, begins to suspect that government-man Adam Roth, who is in charge of the debriefing, may be pursuing a hidden agenda that will result in the early deaths of Watkins and the five men under his command.
What is The Forgotten about?
Based on a story by Vietnam veteran Paul Staples, the film concerns six American Green Berets, held for 17 years in a Vietnamese POW camp. They are finally released in secret, during a delicate trade-talk session between Vietnam and the United States. Captain Tom Watkins, the ex-prisoners' CO, begins to suspect that government-man Adam Roth, who is in charge of the debriefing, may be pursuing a hidden agenda that will result in the early deaths of Watkins and the five men under his command. The Forgotten is a Action, Thriller, TV Movie movie, released on 1989-04-26, runtime 91 minutes.
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Directed by
James Keach
Cast
- Keith Carradine as Cap. Tom Watkins
- Steve Railsback as Lt. Jesse Brady
- Pepe Serna as Sgt. Pepe Gutierrez
- Richard Lawson as Sgt. Frank " Doc " McDermott
- Don Keith Opper as Sgt. Peter Lowell
- Michael Champion as Sgt. Elmer J. Miller
- Tzi Ma as Premier
- Bruce Boa as Pearse
- Stacy Keach as Adam Roth
- Mimi Maynard as Claudia Feldhaus
- Sandra Will as Major White
- William Lucking as Colonel Jack Westford
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