Operation Nam
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| Italian | Cobra Mission |
| Directed by | Fabrizio De Angelis |
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| Music by | Francesco de Masi[1] |
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Running time | 89 minutes[1] |
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Operation Nam (Italian: Cobra Mission) is a 1986 Euro War film co-written, produced, and directed by Fabrizio De Angelis (credited as 'Larry Ludman'). It stars Oliver Tobias, Christopher Connelly, Manfred Lehmann, John Steiner, Ethan Wayne, Gordon Mitchell and Donald Pleasence.
Plot
[edit]Ten years after the end of the Vietnam War, three American veterans who have never resigned themselves to defeat decided to organize a mission to return to Indochina. Their goal is to liberate the "missing in action", i.e. all those fellow soldiers taken prisoner by the Viet Cong and never let go.
Cast
[edit]- Oliver Tobias as Richard Wagner
- Christopher Connelly as Roger Carson
- Manfred Lehmann as Mark Adams
- John Steiner as James Walcott
- Ethan Wayne as Mike
- Donald Pleasence as Father Lenoir
- Gordon Mitchell as Col. Mortimer
- Luciano Pigozzi as Mr. Lawson
- Enzo G. Castellari as Maj. Morris
- Thomas Moore as US Embassy Officer
Production
[edit]The film was an international co-production between Italy's Fulvia International Film and West Germany's Ascot Film. Shooting took place on-location in the Philippines and Scottsdale, Arizona, and at De Paolis Studios in Rome.
Release
[edit]Operation Nam was released in West Germany as Die Rückkehr der Wildgänse (lit. "The Return of the Wild Geese") on July 31, 1986.[1] It was later released in Italy on August 14, 1986 in Milan, Florence, and Naples as Cobra Mission.[2]
Sequel
[edit]The film had a sequel, Cobra Mission 2, released in 1988.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Die Rückkehr der Wildgänse". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ↑ "Programmazioni Cinematografichie nella stagione 1986-87" [Film Programme for the 1986–87 Season]. Giornale dello Spettacolo (in Italian). Vol. XLIII, no. 28. Rome, Italy. August 28, 1987. p. V.
- ↑ Fischer Film Almanach 1989 (in German). Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. 1989. p. 72. ISBN 3-596-24486-2.
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