The Lightship

Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
PG-13
1985    89mDrama, Thriller,
6.350%5.0
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.
  • Robert DuvallCalvin Caspary
  • Klaus Maria BrandauerCaptain Miller
  • Tim PhillipsThorne
  • Arliss HowardEddie
  • William ForsytheGene
  • Michał SkolimowskiAlex
  • Tom Bower"Coop" Cooper
  • Robert Costanzo"Stump"
  • Badja DjolaNate
  • Jerzy SkolimowskiDirector
  • David TaylorWriter
  • William MaiWriter
  • Siegfried LenzNovel
  • Bill BenensonProducer
  • Matthias DeyleProducer
  • Rainer SoehnleinProducer
  • Moritz BormanProducer
  • Michael AdlmüllerSet Decoration
  • Holger GrossProduction Design
  • Charly SteinbergerDirector Of Photography

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The Lightship was released on December 14, 1985.

The Lightship was directed by Jerzy Skolimowski.

The Lightship has a runtime of 89m.

The Lightship was produced by Bill Benenson, Matthias Deyle, Rainer Soehnlein, Moritz Borman.

The key characters in The Lightship are Calvin Caspary (Robert Duvall), Captain Miller (Klaus Maria Brandauer), Thorne (Tim Phillips).

The Lightship is rated PG-13.

The Lightship is a Drama, Thriller, Crime film.

The Lightship has an audience rating of 5 out of 10.

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