The Forgotten

• Director: James Keach
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• Genre: Adventure
• Movie Type: POW Drama
• Themes: Political Corruption
• Main Cast: Keith Carradine, Stacy Keach, Steve Railsback
• Release Year: 1989
• Country: US
• Run Time: 96 minutes

Plot

The Forgotten deserves at least a small niche in TV history as the first-ever TV movie made especially for the USA cable network. 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. Keith Carradine, the ex-prisoners' CO, begins to suspect that government-man Stacy Keach, who is in charge of the debriefing, may be pursuing a hidden agenda that will result in the early deaths of Carradine and the five men under his command. Stacy's brother James Keach directed Forgotten and also co-wrote the script with another of his stars, Steve Railsback. First aired April 26, 1989, The Forgotten set the "viewer discretion" standard for all future USA TV movies with its grim flashback sequences depicting the torture methods of the NVA. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Bruce Boa - Pearse; Michael Champion - Sgt. Elmer J. Miller; Erin Donovan - Reporter #1; Jeff Harding - Officer #1; Stacy Keach - Adam Roth; Richard Lawson - Sgt. Frank "Doc" McDermott; Tzi Ma - Premier; Mimi Maynard - Claudia Feldhaus; Pepe Serna - Sgt. Pepe Gutierrez; Ian Tyler - Liaison Officer; Kai Wulff - Feldhaus; Matt Zimmerman - Military Attache; Keith Carradine - Capt. Tom Watkins; Don Opper - Sgt. Peter Lowell; Steve Railsback - Lt. Jesse Brady; Louise Lombard - Kristina; Sandra Will - Major White; Matko Raguz - Reporter #3; Bozidar Smiljanic - German Man; Simon Harrison - Reporter #2; Petar Buntic - Bodyguard; William Lucking - Col. Jack Westford; Sreten Mokrovic - Policeman

Credit

Zeljko Senecic - Art Director, James Keach - Director, Jack Hofstra - Editor, Keith Carradine - Executive Producer, Steve Railsback - Executive Producer, Laurence Rosenthal - Composer (Music Score), Vilko Filac - Cinematographer, Stacy Keach - Producer, James Keach - Producer, Steve Railsback - Screenwriter, Glenn M. Benest - Screenwriter, Matthew Barr - Screenwriter