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The Patriot (1986 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Patriot' is a 1986 action film directed by Frank Harris and starring Gregg Henry, Simone Griffeth and Stack Pierce with Leslie Nielsen.
Plot summary
A gang led by a man called Atkins (played by Stack Pierce) steal nuclear weapons from a storage facility in the desert.TV Guide - [http://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-patriot/review/108952/ The Patriot] A burnt out former Navy SEAL and Vietnam vet who was previously dishonorably discharged is contacted by his former commanding officer to help retrieve the weapons.'Terrorism in American Cinema: An Analytical Filmography, 19602008', By Robert Cettl - [https://books.google.com/books?id=nV4BvL8AqEwC&pg=PA202&dq=Patriot%22Frank+Harris%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8jpCvqp_WAhXFgrwKHcU1ApMQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=Patriot%22Frank%20Harris%22&f=false Page 202 'The Patriot' (1986: d. Frank Harris)]TV Guide - [http://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-patriot/review/108952/ The Patriot]'Cold War Fantasies: Film, Fiction, and Foreign Policy', By Ronnie D. Lipschutz - [https://books.google.com/books?id=Iy_i0-PZX3IC&pg=PA228&dq=%22The+Patriot%22Frank+Harris%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBp-PLrp_WAhWLWbwKHUvVDiEQ6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Patriot%22Frank%20Harris%22&f=false Page 228 'Resources']
Cast
*Gregg Henry as Lieutenant Matt Ryder
*Simone Griffeth as Sean
*Michael J. Pollard as Howard
*Jeff Conaway as Commander Michael Mitchell
*Stack Pierce as Atkins
*Leslie Nielsen as Admiral Frazer
*Glenn Withrow as Pink
*Larry Mintz as Bite
*Diane Stevenett as Maggie
*Anthony Caldarella as Eight Ball
*Mike Gomez as Kenwood
*Larry Moss as Devon
*Smith Osbourne as Rosa
*Sally Brown as Girl in Bar
Release
'The Patriot' was released in the United States on July 25, 1986, and in the Philippines on December 4, 1987.
References
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