Skeleton Coast

Skeleton Coast

A retired American colonel: his mission, to rescue his son, a CIA agent imprisoned in the Skeleton Coast!

1988 · 98 min · ★ 4.6 · Action, Thriller

A retired Army colonel attempts to rescue his imprisoned son in this action packed thriller. To save his CIA operative son from terrorists, Col. Smith (Ernest Borgnine) and a group of mercenaries head to war-torn Angola's Skeleton Coast, where they must infiltrate an armed compound run by a sadistic East German officer before Smith's son is tortured to death. Robert Vaughn, Oliver Reed and Herbert Lom costar.

Directed by John "Bud" Cardos · Written by Nadia Caillou

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