This movie is an account of US Navy Commander James Stockdale's 8 year imprisonment in North Vietnam. During his confinement in such camps as the infamous "Hanoi Hilton", Stockdale, among other senior officers, led a resistance group against the North Vietnamese, facing torture, isolation, and starvation in attempts to break their wills. Back in the US, Stockdale's wife, Sybil, begins working with other POW wives to try to get information on their husbands and to inform the world on their treatment.
as Sybil Stockdale
as James B. Stockdale
as Doyen Salsig
as Stan age 9
as Major Bui
as Rabbit
as News Anchorwoman
as Mike Haggerty
as Pig Eye
as Pasquarelli
as Jimmy age 14
as Sid age 18
as Jimmy age 22
as Chaplain
as Bud Salsig
as Boroughs
as Big Ugh
as Averill Harriman
as Intelligence
as Sid age 10
as Taylor age 4
as Stan age 6
as Taylor age 10
as Pilot
as Junior Officer