TMDb Rating
3.9/10
8 verified votes
Skeleton Coast (1988)
ActionThriller
98 min
"A retired American colonel: his mission, to rescue his son, a CIA agent imprisoned in the Skeleton Coast!"
Plot Summary
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.
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ActionThrillerJohn "Bud" CardosErnest BorgnineRobert Vaughn1988
Director
John "Bud" Cardos
Top Cast
Ernest BorgnineRobert VaughnOliver ReedHerbert LomSimon Sabela
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