26 Jun 1987
Full Metal Jacket
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
The Green Berets
A special force in a special kind of hell!
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for two missions in South Vietnam. The first is to strengthen a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy. The second is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General.
Top Billed Cast
John Wayne Colonel Mike Kirby
David Janssen George Beckworth
Jim Hutton Sgt. Petersen
Aldo Ray Sgt. Muldoon
Raymond St. Jacques Sgt. Doc McGee
Bruce Cabot Colonel Morgan
Jack Soo Colonel Cai
George Takei Captain Nim
Patrick Wayne Lt. Jamison
Luke Askew Sgt. Provo
Irene Tsu Lin
Edward Faulkner Capt. MacDaniel
Jason Evers Capt. Coleman
Mike Henry Sgt. Kowalski
Craig Jue Hamchunk
Chuck Roberson Sgt. Griffin
Eddy Donno Sgt. Watson
Rudy Robbins Sgt. Parks
Richard 'Cactus' Pryor Collier
Walter Soo Hoo Viet Cong Soldier (uncredited)
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