Behind Enemy Lines (1986 film)

Behind Enemy Lines
Directed byGideon Amir
Written by
Produced byMenahem Golan (producer)
Yoram Globus (executive producer)
Avi Kleinberger (associate producer)
Starring
CinematographyYehiel Ne'eman
Edited byMarcus Manton
Music byDavid Storrs
Distributed byCannon Films
Release date
  • April 4, 1986 (1986-04-04) (United States)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish, Vietnamese
Budget$2 million[1]
Box office$2,497,233[2]

Behind Enemy Lines is a 1986 American action film directed by Gideon Amir and starring David Carradine. It is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue where Colonel Cooper, an Airborne commando, is sent to Vietnam to free American soldiers caught in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp.

The film is also known as Attack Force 'Nam (American DVD title), P.O.W. the Escape (American reissue title).

  1. ^ Andrew Yule, Hollywood a Go-Go: The True Story of the Cannon Film Empire, Sphere Books, 1987 p189
  2. ^ Box Office Mojo