This movie is an account of US Navy Commander James Stockdale's 8 year imprisonment in North Vietnam. During his confinement in such camps as the infamous "Hanoi Hilton", Stockdale, among other senior officers, led a resistance group against the North Vietnamese, facing torture, isolation, and starvation in attempts to break their wills. Back in the US, Stockdale's wife, Sybil, begins working with other POW wives to try to get information on their husbands and to inform the world on their treatment.
Jane Alexander
as Sybil Stockdale
James Woods
as James B. Stockdale
Concetta Tomei
as Doyen Salsig
Stephen Dorff
as Stan age 9
Haing S. Ngor
as Major Bui
James Pax
as Rabbit
Lillian Lehman
as News Anchorwoman
Leo Geter
as Mike Haggerty
Raymond Ma
as Pig Eye
John Posey
as Pasquarelli
Christian Jacobs
as Jimmy age 14
Christian Hoff
as Sid age 18
