Shooter (1988)
1h 40m
Running Time
September 11, 1988Release Date
Plot.
"Shooter," aka Matt Thompson aka Gruwald is a photographer in 1967 Saigon, Vietnam. Working out of a news agency for a major magazine, Thompson gets involved in the lives of the soldiers he meets and "shoots." There's Ngoc, the Vietnamese photo lab tech; Klause, a German photographer swiping Buddhas; Rene, a French photographer who carries an AK-47; Stork, Matt's superstitious roommate who is also a photographer; Rizzo, the irascible editor; Lan, an American-educated Vietnamese reporter and Tracey an embassy worker who is Matt's former flame.
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Cast & Crew.
![Jeffrey Nordling](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/14895-jeffrey-nordling.webp)
Jeffrey Nordling
Matt Thompson / Grunwald
![Noble Willingham](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/14400-noble-willingham.webp)
Noble Willingham
Rizzo
![Kario Salem](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/52273-kario-salem.webp)
Kario Salem
Rene
![Alan Ruck](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9795-alan-ruck.webp)
Alan Ruck
Stork O'Connor
![Helen Hunt](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/20616-helen-hunt.webp)
Helen Hunt
Tracey
![Jeffrey Alan Chandler](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jeffrey Alan Chandler
Klaus
![Gary Nelson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gary Nelson
Director
![Carol Huston](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/551330-carol-huston.webp)
Carol Huston
Cat
![David Hume Kennerly](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/537022-david-hume-kennerly.webp)
David Hume Kennerly
Writer
![Rosalind Chao](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/23167-rosalind-chao.webp)
Rosalind Chao
Lan
![Steve Kline](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Steve Kline
Writer
![Steve Kline](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Steve Kline
Writer
![Barry M. Berg](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Barry M. Berg
Producer
![Nick Cassavetes](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8769-nick-cassavetes.webp)
Nick Cassavetes
Tex
![Grace Zabriskie](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/15093-grace-zabriskie.webp)
Grace Zabriskie
Sister Marie
![Paul Chihara](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Paul Chihara
Composer
Details.
Release DateSeptember 11, 1988
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Last updated:
Wiki.
Shooter is a 1988 American made-for-television action drama film based on the book Shooter by and about Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly, who had been a combat photojournalist during the Vietnam War and later the White House photographer for President Gerald Ford. The film was produced as a pilot which was not picked up as a series by NBC and originally aired on September 11, 1988.