The Lightship
– A trio of robbers, two brothers and their twisted genius leader, invade a lightship, but don't recko..
A trio of robbers, two brothers and their twisted genius leader, invade a lightship, but don't reckon on the crew fighting back.
26 Sep 1986
English
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.
Jerzy Skolimowski
Siegfried Lenz (book), William Mai (screenplay), David Taylor (screenplay)
Robert Duvall, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Tim Phillips, Arliss Howard
Just when US Coast Guard captain Miller takes his teenage son Alex to his lightship off the coast of Virginia, Calvin Caspary and two criminal accomplices, on the run for the police, decide to hijack it. What the crazy trio didn't count on is that this small crew doesn't just keep taking it lying low, they will put up a fight. Alex hides dad's gun and wrestles his his war past and courage.
3 wins & 1 nomination.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment