Movie: The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan

Top 10 Billed Cast

Michael Nolan
Michael Nolan

McKinley Nolan's brother

Richard Linnett
Richard Linnett

Journalist researching McKinley's story

Roger Nolan
Roger Nolan

McKinley Nolan's son

R.L. Brown
R.L. Brown

Mary Nolan's brother

Thach Quang
Thach Quang

McKinley Nolan's adopted son

Benjamin David Reich
Benjamin David Reich

Interpreter

Cham Sone
Cham Sone

Former Khmer Rouge guard

Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee

Assisted the Nolans

Frank Wagner
Frank Wagner

Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan

McKinley Nolan's wife

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    Private McKinley Nolan vanished 40 years ago in Vietnam on the Cambodian frontier. Some say he was captured, some say he was a traitor, some even say he was an American operative. The US Army officially claims he was radicalized and went native, joining the Viet Cong and later encountering the Khmer Rouge. In 2006, retired US Army Lt. Dan Smith, revisiting the battlefields of his youth, may have encountered the elusive McKinley, alive. So began a journey into the heart of darkness.

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    2010-10-01

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    7

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