Uncommon Valor (1983)
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56% of critics liked it
(9 reviews) -
61% of users liked it
(6,694 ratings)
Ted Kotcheff continues his First Blood fervor with Uncommon Valor. Gene Hackman stars as Cal Rhodes, a former Marine Colonel who has been getting the run-around for ten years from the government concerning the disappearance of his son and his buddies - all Marines who enlisted years prior and served… More Ted Kotcheff continues his First Blood fervor with Uncommon Valor. Gene Hackman stars as Cal Rhodes, a former Marine Colonel who has been getting the run-around for ten years from the government concerning the disappearance of his son and his buddies - all Marines who enlisted years prior and served in Vietnam. Rhodes' son was last seen in Laos, where he was fighting in the war and captured as a POW. When word gets back to Rhodes that the men may still be alive and held in prison camps, but the government still has the men listed as missing in action, Rhodes decides to take matters into his own hands. Contacting an old friend, oil baron MacGregor (Robert Stack), Rhodes is granted financial backing to form his own incursion force. He assembles a crack team of men, puts them through an intensive period of training. and heads back with them into the Laotian jungles to search for the MIAs. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ted Kotcheff
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
R,
- In Theaters
- Dec 16, 1983 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com
Cliched, much-maligned, but thoroughly enjoyable post-Vietnam war movie. Enjoyable ensemble led by Hackman.
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Jaime N. Christley, Apollo Guide
Supremely entertaining.
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Cast
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Gene Hackman
as Col. Rhodes
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Robert Stack
as MacGregor
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Fred Ward
as Wilkes
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Reb Brown
as Blaster
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Randall "Tex" Cobb
as Sailor
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Patrick Swayze
as Scott
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Harold Sylvester
as Johnson
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Tim Thomerson
as Charts
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Kwan Hi Lim
as Jiang
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Charles Aidman
as Sen. Hastings
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Todd Allen
as Frank Rhodes
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Bruce Barbour
as Helicopter Pilot
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Darwyn Carson
as Secretary
- Julie Cobb
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Michael Dudikoff
as Blaster's Assistant
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Ken Farmer
as Jail Guard
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Juan Fernández
as Orderly
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Constance Forslund
as Mrs. Charts
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Tad Horino
as Mr. Ky
- Sherry Hursey
- Brett Johnson
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Jane Kaczmarek
as Mrs. Wilkes
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Jeremy Kemp
as Ferryman
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Lau Nga Lai
as LaiFun
- Barret Oliver
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Gail Strickland
as Mrs. Helen Rhodes
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Gloria Stroock
as Mrs. MacGregor
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Jan Triska
as Gericault
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Le Tuan
as Guard
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Kelly Yunkermann
as Paul MacGregor
- Kevin Brando
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David Austin
as GI
- Steven Solberg
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Larry Charles White
as Soldier
- John C. Reilly
