Hamburger Hill
(1987)
Drama / War
112 minutes
Directed by John Irvin
Cast:
Tegan West as Terry Eden
Steven Weber as Dennis Worcester
Don James as Elliott McDaniel
Courtney B. Vance as Abraham Johnson
Michael Boatman as Ray Motown
Daniel O'Shea as Frank Gaigin
Michael Dolan as Harry Murphy
Michael A. Nickles as Paul Galvan
Tim Quill as Joseph Beletsky
Tommy Swerdlow as Martin Bienstock
Anthony Barrile as Vincent Languilli
14 United States Army soldiers are involved in the 10 day battle for hill 937 in Vietnam. This war film focuses on the events that took place during this true war which later became known as "Hamburger Hill" since the enemy fire was so fierce that later the troops killed were referred to as hamburger meat.
