Prisoners
1975, English. Directed by William H. Bushnell.
Melodrama set in South Vietnam in the 1960s. Krueger (Bramhall), a former infantry lieutenant, is imprisoned at Quai Dong, on the South China Sea, for refusing to fight. After a year at hard labor, he is told to use his Vietnamese language skills to question a Viet Cong suspect. The prisoner is drugged and tortured during the interrogation. Krueger eventually stops the torture by pretending that the prisoner has disclosed the location of a supply dump.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
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- Released
- 1 July 1975
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- William H. Bushnell
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Prisoners runs 88 minutes (1h 28m).
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Who directed Prisoners?
Prisoners (1975) was directed by William H. Bushnell and stars Jesse Dizon, Peter Hooten, Howard Hesseman.