Skeleton Coast

Year: 1988

Runtime: 98 mins

Language: English

Director: John "Bud" Cardos

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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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