The USS Forrestal, an aircraft carrier on station in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, receives a mayday from a civilian cargo ship named Kuwaiti Star. The ship reports that they have been attacked, are on fire and adrift. A deployed Navy SH-3 helicopter attempts to rescue the crew, but is downed by a gunboat and the aircrew is captured.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Bernard Williams, Brenda Feigen |
Directed By: | Lewis Teague |
Written By: | Gary Goldman, Chuck Pfarrer |
Cast: | Nicholas Kadi, George Jackos, Nayef Rashed, William Cort, Rick Rossovich, Cyril O'Reilly, Michael Fitzpatrick, Michael Biehn, Curtis Bush, Gregory McKinney, John Pycior, William Knight, Ian Tyler, Marc Zuber, Ron Faber, Paul Sanchez, Ed Bishop, Mark Carlton, Titus Welliver, Charlie Sheen, Michael Halphie, Cathryn De Prume, Rob Moran, Captain Duncan Smith, Mike Butters, Vic Tablian, Richard Venture, Randy Hall, David Barckhoff, Jim Vines, Ronald G. Joseph, Russell Bobbitt, Dennis Haysbert, Bill Paxton, Tom Sean Foley, William Roberts, S. Epatha Merkerson, Joanne Whalley, Ira Wheeler |
In Theaters: | Jul 20, 1990 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 53 minutes |
Production: | Orion Pictures |
Budget: | $20,000,000 |
Box Office: | $25,069,101 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |