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War at its worst. Men at their best. - Hamburger Hill
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Title: Hamburger Hill

Release Date: 7 Aug 1987

Runtime: 1h 50m

Genre: War, Action, Drama

Director: Paramount Pictures, RKO Pictures LLC

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures, RKO Pictures LLC

Overview: The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst, men at their best.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.6 (464 votes)

Cast

  • Pvt. Joe Beletsky: Tim Quill
  • Motown: Michael Boatman
  • Sgt. Adam Frantz: Dylan McDermott
  • Pvt. Washburn: Don Cheadle
  • Sfc. Dennis Worcester: Steven Weber
  • Spc. Abraham 'Doc' Johnson: Courtney B. Vance
  • Pvt. Martin Bienstock: Tommy Swerdlow
  • Lt. Terry Eden: Tegan West
  • Pvt. Elliott 'Mac' McDaniel: Don James
  • Galvan: Michael A. Nickles
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