"Father, Husband, Brother. No Man is Just a Soldier."

2002

2h 18m

7.1(2144 votes)

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Overview

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

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Cast & Crew

87 members

Acting

Mel Gibson

Lt. Col. Hal Moore

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Madeleine Stowe

Julie Moore

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Greg Kinnear

Maj. Bruce 'Snake' Crandall

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Sam Elliott

Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley

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Chris Klein

2nd Lt. Jack Geoghegan

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Keri Russell

Barbara Geoghegan

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Barry Pepper

Joe Galloway

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Duong Don

Lt. Col. Nguyen Huu An

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Ryan Hurst

Sgt. Ernie Savage

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Robert Bagnell

1st Lt. Charlie Hastings

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Marc Blucas

2nd Lt. Henry Herrick

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Josh Daugherty

Sp4 Robert Ouellette

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Jsu Garcia

Capt. Tony Nadal

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Jon Hamm

Capt. Matt Dillon

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Clark Gregg

Capt. Tom Metsker

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Desmond Harrington

Sp4 Bill Beck

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Blake Heron

Sp4 Galen Bungum

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Erik MacArthur

Sp4 Russell Adams

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Dylan Walsh

Capt. Robert Edwards

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Mark McCracken

Capt. Ed 'Too Tall' Freeman

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Edwin EdVanzd

Pfc. Willie Godboldt

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Brian Tee

Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama

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Sloane Momsen

Cecile Moore

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Bellamy Young

Catherine Metsker

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Simbi Khali

Alma Givens

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Jim Grimshaw

Maj. Gen. Henry Kinnard

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Forry Smith

Sfc. Carl Palmer

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Steven Nelson

Sp5 Charlie 'Doc' Lose

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Vincent Angell

Capt. Robert 'Doc' Carrera

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Michael Tomlinson

Col. Tim Brown

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Keith Szarabajka

Diplomatic Spook

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Tim Abell

Army Intelligence Officer

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Patrick St. Esprit

General in Hallway

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Mike White

Sfc. Bob White, Mortar Sergeant

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Daniel Roebuck

Medevac CO

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Maia Lien

Army Wife

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Dan Beene

Cab Driver

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Taylor Momsen

Daughter Julie Moore

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Joshua McLaurin

Greg Moore

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Devon Werkheiser

Steve Moore

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Luke Benward

David Moore

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Billinjer C. Tran

Viet Minh Sergeant

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Vien Hong

Mr. Nik

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Joseph Tran

NVA Prisoner

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Joseph Hieu

NVA Officer

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Lam Nguyen

NVA Soldier with Bayonet

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Diep Bui

NVA Wife

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Andrew Wallace

French Bugler

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Nicholas Hosking

French Captain

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Michael Giordani

French Lieutenant

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Shepard Koster

Reporter

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Kate Lombardi

Reporter

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Camera

Ingrid Semler

Reporter

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Jason Powell

Sgt. Robert Stokes

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Doug C. Cook

Capt. Ray Lefebvre

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Sean Bunch

Trooper on Fire

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F. Lee Reynolds

Chopper Crewman

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Stephen Zapotoczny

Edwards' Radio Operator

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Frank Kostenko Jr.

Foxhole Trooper

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Ben Allison

Lt. Cochran (uncredited)

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Brian Carpenter

Sec. of Defense Robert McNamara (uncredited)

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Chris Cate

Soldier (uncredited)

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張佐治

NVA Officer (uncredited)

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Greg Craft

Soldier (uncredited)

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Donald DeNoyer

Soldier (uncredited)

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Crew

Cliff Fleming

Capt. Jon Mills (uncredited)

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Brendan Ford

Jump Coordinator (uncredited)

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Kelli Franklin

Mrs. Charlie Hastings (uncredited)

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Camera

Christian Gibson

Soldier (uncredited)

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Writing

William Gibson

Soldier (uncredited)

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Anthony Gilbert

Soldier (uncredited)

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Justin Gordon

French Officer (uncredited)

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Shannon M. Hart

Army Wife (uncredited)

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Kimby Jagnandan

Spectator (uncredited)

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Derrell Keith Lester

Black Private (uncredited)

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Writing

Will Klipstine

Private Davey (uncredited)

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Matthew Lang

1st Lt. John Arrington (uncredited)

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Crew

Danny Le Boyer

Sergeant (uncredited)

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Blake Lena

Soldier (uncredited)

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Matt Mangum

Pvt. Soprano (uncredited)

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Johnny Nguyen

Young NVA Lieutenant (uncredited)

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Randy Oglesby

Lt. Col. List (uncredited)

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Jonathan Parks Jordan

White Private (uncredited)

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John Paul Rice

Pvt. John Henry (uncredited)

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Keni Thomas

Sergeant (uncredited)

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Phong Atwood Vo

North Vietnamese Soldier - South Vietnamese and Villager (voice) (uncredited)

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