Prisoners

IMDb 8.0 1975 • 88 min • DramaWar

Director

William H. Bushnell

Country

US

Plot Summary

Melodrama set in South Vietnam in the 1960s. Krueger (Bramhall), a former infantry lieutenant, is imprisoned at Quai Dong, on the South China Sea, for refusing to fight. After a year at hard labor, he is told to use his Vietnamese language skills to question a Viet Cong suspect. The prisoner is drugged and tortured during the interrogation. Krueger eventually stops the torture by pretending that the prisoner has disclosed the location of a supply dump.

Top Cast

Jesse Dizon
Jesse Dizon The Prisoner
Peter Hooten
Peter Hooten
Howard Hesseman
Howard Hesseman
Mark Bramhall
Mark Bramhall Lt. Krueger
Mako
Mako Sgt. Nguyen