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| MISSING IN ACTION (1984) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam -- and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action / adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW camp, Special Forces Colonel James Braddock is on a mission to locate and save remaining MIAs. Aided by a beautiful State Department official and a former Army buddy, Braddock amasses top secret info and state-of-the-art weaponry. Now this one-man army is prepared to blast his way into Vietnam ... but will he be able to blast his way back out? | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Norris (Col. James Braddock), M. Emmett Walsh (Tuck), David Tress (Sen. Porter), Lenore Kasdorf (Ann), James Hong (Gen. Trau), Ernie Ortega (Vinh), Pierrino Mascarino (Jacques), Erich Anderson (Masucci), Joseph Carberry (Carter), Avi Kleinberger (Dalton), Willie Williams (Randall), Rick Segreto (GI), Bella Flores (Madame Pearl), Gil Arceo, Roger Dantes (Vietnamese Businessmen), Sabatini Fernandez (Dinh), Renato Morado (Mike), James Crumrine (Gibson), Jeff Mason (Barnes), Stephen Barbers (Moore), Kim Marriner, Deanna Crowe (Newscasters), Jessie Cuneta (Street Hawker), Juliet Lee (Bar Girl), Joonee Gamboa (Bartender), Augusto Victa (Tran's Aide), Protacio Dee (Yang), Omar Camar, Jack Pereza (Bouncers). | ||||||||||||||||||
| THE WAR'S NOT OVER UNTIL THE LAST MAN COMES HOME! | ||||||||||||||||||
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| RELEASE DATE: November 16th, 1984 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $6.1 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $22.8 million (USA) - Followed by a 1985 prequel (Missing in Action 2 - The Beginning) and a 1988 sequel (Braddock: Missing in Action III). |
DIRECTOR: Joseph Zito (Red Scorpion). WRITERS: James Bruner, John Crowther and Lance Hool, and based on the characters created by Steve Bing, Larry Levinson and Arthur Silver. PRODUCERS: Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan and Lance Hool. ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Avi Kleinberger and Ken Metcalfe. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Jay Chattaway. DISTRIBUTOR: MGM |
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| "Not the most egregious entry in this genre, but hardly a classy flick." -- Ian Waldron-Mantagani, Apollo Guide | ||||||||||||||||||
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