The Forgotten

April. 26,1989      
Rating:
5.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Based on a story by Vietnam veteran Paul Staples, the film concerns six American Green Berets, held for 17 years in a Vietnamese POW camp. They are finally released in secret, during a delicate trade-talk session between Vietnam and the United States. Captain Tom Watkins, the ex-prisoners' CO, begins to suspect that government-man Adam Roth, who is in charge of the debriefing, may be pursuing a hidden agenda that will result in the early deaths of Watkins and the five men under his command.

Keith Carradine as  Cap. Tom Watkins
Steve Railsback as  Lt. Jesse Brady
Pepe Serna as  Sgt. Pepe Gutierrez
Richard Lawson as  Sgt. Frank " Doc " McDermott
Don Keith Opper as  Sgt. Peter Lowell
Michael Champion as  Sgt. Elmer J. Miller
Tzi Ma as  Premier
Bruce Boa as  Pearse
Stacy Keach as  Adam Roth
William Lucking as  Colonel Jack Westford

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