Missing in Action (1984)
Missing in Action (1984)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Chuck Norris
Col. James Braddock
M. Emmet Walsh
Tuck
David Tress
Sen. Porter
Lenore Kasdorf
Ann
James Hong
Gen. Trau
Pierrino Mascarino
Jacques
Erich Anderson
Masucci
Joseph Carberry
Carter
Bella Flores
Madame Pearl
Sergio Kato
Bouncer (uncredited)
Joonee Gamboa
Bartender
Avi Kleinberger
Dalton
Ernie Ortega
Vinh
Willie Williams
Randall
Ric Segreto
G.I.
Gil Arceo
First Vietnamese Businessman
Roger Dantes
Second Vietnamese Businessman
Sabatini Fernandez
Dinh
Renato Morado
Mike
James Crumrine
Gibson
Jeff Mason
Barnes
Stephen Barbers
Moore
Jessie Cuneta
Street Hawker / Location Manager
Augusto Victa
Tran's Aide
Protacio Dee
Yang
Larry Levinson
Characters
John Crowther
Story
Menahem Golan
Producer
Joel Goodman
Editor
Joseph Zito
Director
Daniel Loewenthal
Editor
Lance Hool
Executive Producer / Story
Arthur Silver
Characters
Jay Chattaway
Original Music Composer
João Fernandes
Director of Photography
Steve Bing
Characters
James Bruner
Screenplay
Yoram Globus
Producer
Ladislav Wilheim
Production Design
Gideon Amir
First Assistant Director / Line Producer
Ed Callahan
Sound Effects Editor
Jerry Ross
Supervising Sound Editor
Richard D. Rogers
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nancy Cone
Costume Design
Richard Candib
Sound Effects Editor
Dessie Markovsky
Dialogue Editor
Aaron Norris
Stunt Coordinator
Fern Champion
Casting
Barbara Pokras
Music Editor
Ken Dufva
Foley
John Wilkinson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Stunts
S. Phillip Sparks
First Assistant Camera
Hari Ryatt
Dialogue Editor
Ira Spiegel
Sound Effects Editor
Skip Cook
Key Grip
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 16, 1984
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Content RatingR
Budget$2,550,000
Box Office$22,812,411
Filming LocationsPhilippines
Genres
Wiki.
Missing in Action is a 1984 American action film directed by Joseph Zito and starring Chuck Norris. It is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. Colonel Braddock, who escaped a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp 10 years earlier, returns to Vietnam to find American soldiers listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War. The film was followed by a prequel, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985), and a sequel, Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988). It is the first installment in the Missing in Action film series. "Missing In Action" was actually intended to be a sequel to "Missing in Action 2", but when it became clear that "Missing in Action" was a much better film with stronger commercial prospects, "Missing in Action 2" was turned into both a sequel and a prequel that detailed events before those in "Missing in Action".
It is the first of a series of films themed around the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue that were produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus and released under their Cannon Films banner, with whom Norris would have a long professional relationship. Norris later dedicated these films to his younger brother Wieland. Wieland, a private in the 101st Airborne Division, had been killed in June 1970 in Vietnam while on patrol in the defense of Firebase Ripcord. The film, however, was criticized heavily as being a preemptive cash-in on the Rambo franchise.Despite the overwhelmingly negative reception from critics, the film was a commercial success and has become one of Chuck Norris's most popular films. It was also Chuck Norris's first film with The Cannon Group.