The Rescue
An elite U.S. Special Forces team is imprisoned behind enemy lines. The Pentagon calls them expendable. Five young heroes call them Dad. Now they'll risk everything to bring them home.
1988 · 1h 37m · PG
Action, Adventure, Drama
Directed by
Ferdinand Fairfax
Overview
A team of Navy Seals are sent to destroy a disabled submarine so it will not fall into the "wrong" hands. They complete their mission, but are captured before they can return to their base. The U.S. Government will not mount a rescue mission to free the soldiers, so their teenage children take over. The kids find a way to venture into the foreign country and then must overcome many obstacles.
Director and cast
- Ferdinand Fairfax Director
- Edward Albert as Cmdr. Merrill
- James Cromwell as Adm. Rothman
- Kevin Dillon as J.J. Merrill
- Marc Price as Max Rothman
- Christine Harnos as Adrian Phillips
- Ellen Barber as Virginia Phillips
- Ian Giatti as Bobby Howard
- Charles Haid as Cmdr. Howard
- Timothy Carhart as Lt. Phillips
- Ned Vaughn as Shawn Howard
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