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Release Date:
August 30, 1985
Original Title:
American Ninja
Alternate Titles:
American Ninja 1
El guerrero americano
Guerreiro Americano
Ninja americano
军中忍者
Genres:
Action
Production Companies:
Golan-Globus Productions
The Cannon Group
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M BR: 16 DE: 16 ES: 18 FR: TP GB: 18 GR: 15 SK: 15 US: R
Runtime: 95
Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.
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Assistant Makeup Artist:
Totoy Cerna
Editha Sanchez
Casting:
Perry Bullington
Robert MacDonald
Ken Metcalfe
Costume Design:
Audrey M. Bansmer
Director:
Sam Firstenberg
Director of Photography:
Hanania Baer
Editor:
Michael J. Duthie
Andy Horvitch
Peter Lee-Thompson
Marcus Manton
Marcel Mindlin
Daniel Wetherbee
Makeup Artist:
Tony Artieda
Original Music Composer:
Michael Linn
Producer:
Yoram Globus
Menahem Golan
Avi Kleinberger
Ken Metcalfe
Gideon Amir
Production Design:
Adrian Gorton
Screenplay:
Paul De Mielche
James R. Silke
Story:
Avi Kleinberger
Gideon Amir
Stunt Coordinator:
Steven Lambert
Stunt Double:
Steven Lambert
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