The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story

original title:
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
other titles:
Under Arrest, Garwood - Prisoner of War, (Under Arrest – Gefangen in der Hölle)
country / year of production:
USA / 1991
original length:
96 min. , color
premiere:
D: 14 January 1992
genre:
TV-film
based on:
director:
Georg Stanford Brown
film script:
Edward Gold , John Pielmeier
producer:
cinematographer:
editor:
composer:
cast (role):
Ralph George Macchio , Martin Sheen
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plot synopsis:
Ten days before Robert A. Garwood could return to the USA in 1965 he is caught and imprisoned by the Vietcong. The souldiers are brutally mistreated in prison and loose hope. To survive Garwood messes about with the enemy, which is seen as treachery by his comrades. When Garwood is set free after 13 years and returns to America he gets accused of collaboration, degraded and dishonourably laid off.



keywords:
captivity , collaboration , returning soldiers , court martial , based on a true story
war:
Vietnam War (1946-1975)
literature:
Winston Groom/ Duncan Spencer. Conversations with the enemy. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1983.

Monika Jensen-Stevenson. Spite House. The last secret of the war in Vietnam. New York: Norton Company, 1997.
remarks:
Homepage: http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/g/g047.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Garwood
availability:
VHS