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. Captain Tom Watkins, the ex-prisoners' CO, begins to suspect that government-man Adam Roth, who is in charge of the debriefing, may be pursuing a hidden agenda that will result in the early deaths of Watkins and the five men under his command.

Keith Carradine
Cap. Tom Watkins

Steve Railsback
Lt. Jesse Brady

Pepe Serna
Sgt. Pepe Gutierrez

Richard Lawson
Sgt. Frank " Doc " McDermott

Don Keith Opper
Sgt. Peter Lowell

Michael Champion
Sgt. Elmer J. Miller

Tzi Ma
Premier

Bruce Boa
Pearse

Stacy Keach
Adam Roth
Mimi Maynard
Claudia Feldhaus
Sandra Will
Major White

William Lucking
Colonel Jack Westford

There's Something About a Soldier
There's Something About a Soldier

The Assassination of Richard Nixon
The Assassination of Richard Nixon

JFK
JFK

Platoon
Platoon

The Pentagon Wars
The Pentagon Wars

Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

Hamburger Hill
Hamburger Hill

The Last Full Measure
The Last Full Measure

Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms

We Were Soldiers
We Were Soldiers

A Bright Shining Lie
A Bright Shining Lie

Bad Times at the El Royale
Bad Times at the El Royale