# Missing in Action (1984)

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**Runtime**: 101 min
**Genres**: Action, Adventure, Thriller, War, Drama
**Directed by**: Joseph Zito
**Written by**: Lance Hool, James Bruner, John Crowther
**Starring**: Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh, David Tress, Lenore Kasdorf, James Hong, Pierrino Mascarino

> *The war's not over until the last man comes home.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Jungle ruins at dusk with distant gunfire, a rusty helicopter lies abandoned. 
American POWs toil in a harsh camp. 
This 80s action thriller typifies the era's excess.

**Mood tags**: cozy, raw

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