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Uncommon Valor
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.
1983 · Directed by Ted Kotcheff · 105 min · Drama · War · Action · 10 frames
Tagline
Seven men with one thing in common...
Crew
- Screenplay: Joe Gayton
- Cinematography: Stephen H. Burum
- Edited by: Mark Melnick
- Music: James Horner
- Production design: James L. Schoppe
- Produced by: John Milius, Buzz Feitshans
Cast
- Gene Hackman as Col. Cal Rhodes
- Fred Ward as Wilkes
- Robert Stack as MacGregor
- Patrick Swayze as Kevin Scott
- Harold Sylvester as Johnson
- Randall 'Tex' Cobb as Sailor
- Tim Thomerson as Charts
- Lau Nga-Lai as Lai Fun
- Kwan Hi Lim as Jiang
- Kelly Junkerman as Paul MacGregor
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures
- Budget: $11,000,000
- Box office: $30,503,151
- Themes: vietnam war, vietnam veteran, vietnam, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), war veteran, fight, loss of loved one, heroism, based on true story, laos
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