Uncommon Valor
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| Directed by | Ted Kotcheff |
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David Brown Michael Tolkin Nick Wechsler Buzz Feitshans John Milius |
| Screenplay by | Joe Gayton |
| Story by | Wings Hauser |
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| Music by | James Horner |
| Cinematography | Stephen H. Burum |
| Edited by | Mark Melnick |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $30,503,151 (USA) |
Uncommon Valor is a 1983 American action war film directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Reb Brown, Robert Stack, Michael Dudikoff, andPatrick Swayze in an early screen appearance. It follows a ex-U.S. Marine (Hackman) officer who puts together a rag-tag team to rescue his son, who he believes is among those still held in Laos after the Vietnam War.
Taking place in the early 1980s and set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue, retired Marine Colonel Jason Rhodes (Gene Hackman) is obsessed with finding his son Frank, listed as "missing in action" (MIA) since 1972. After 10 years of searching Southeast Asia and turning up several leads, Rhodes believes that Frank is still alive and being kept in Laos as a prisoner of war.
After petitioning the United States government for help, but receiving none, Colonel Rhodes brings together a disparate group of Vietnam War veterans, including some who were a part of Frank's platoon: Wilkes (Fred Ward), a "tunnel rat" who suffers from PTSD; "Blaster", a demolitions expert (Reb Brown); and "Sailor", a mental case with a heart of gold (Randall Cobb). Additionally, two helicopter pilots, Distinguished Flying Cross recipient Johnson (Harold Sylvester) and Charts (Tim Thomerson), join the group. Former Force-Recon Marine Kevin Scott (Patrick Swayze) joins the team and later turns out to be the son of a pilot who was blown up with a grenade in Vietnam and listed as MIA.
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