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Uncommon Valor
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<p><i>Uncommon Valor</i> is a 1983 American <a href="/facts/Action_film/5TjVB0kf">action</a> <a href="/facts/War_film/aQsIfh0g">war film</a> directed by <a href="/facts/Ted_Kotcheff/rBzu3PIg">Ted Kotcheff</a> and starring <a href="/facts/Gene_Hackman/jkoIQvlp">Gene Hackman</a>, <a href="/facts/Fred_Ward/WnHK3stz">Fred Ward</a>, <a href="/facts/Reb_Brown/jhS59B8g">Reb Brown</a>, <a href="/facts/Randall_%22Tex%22_Cobb/fhxp2U25">Randall "Tex" Cobb</a>, <a href="/facts/Robert_Stack/cMoqpoWN">Robert Stack</a> and <a href="/facts/Patrick_Swayze/QINWzpMy">Patrick Swayze</a>. Hackman plays a former <a href="/facts/U.S._Marine/J8JDlJG2">U.S. Marine</a> colonel who puts together a rag-tag team to rescue his son, who he believes is among <a href="/facts/Prisoner_of_war/X22JC3Fj">those still held</a> in <a href="/facts/Laos/S0afugjX">Laos</a> after the <a href="/facts/Vietnam_War/W0gfbGTE">Vietnam War</a>. </p>