The Lightship
- Original title
- The Lightship
- Year
- 1986
- Running time
- 84 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Robert Duvall
- Klaus Maria Brandauer
- Tim Phillips
- Arliss Howard
- William Forsythe
- Michael Lyndon
- Robert Costanzo
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama
- Movie Groups
- Siegfried Lenz Adaptations
- Synopsis
- Just when Captain Miller takes his teenage son to his US Coast Guard lightship off the coast of Virginia, Calvin Caspary and his criminal accomplices, on the run for the police, decide to hijack it. What the crazy trio didn't count on is that this crew doesn't just keep taking it lying low, they will put up a fight.
- Awards
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1985: Venice Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Lion
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