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Skeleton Coast (1988) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1988 · 98 mins · English
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- Directed by
- John "Bud" Cardos
- Starring
- Oliver Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Herbert Lom, Robert Vaughn, Arnold Vosloo, Daniel Greene
Retired Army Colonel Smith (Ernest Borgnine) discovers his son, a CIA operative, is imprisoned by terrorists on Angola’s war‑torn Skeleton Coast. He assembles a team of mercenaries to infiltrate a heavily armed compound run by a sadistic East German officer, racing against time to stop his son’s torture. The film also features Robert Vaughn, Oliver Reed and Herbert Lom.
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