Wichita's Christopher Connelly in "Operation Nam," a.k.a., "Cobra Mission" (1986)

Starring Wichita's, Christopher Connelly

"Operation Nam" ("Cobra Mission") is a 1986 Italian-German war film written and directed by Fabrizio De Angelis (credited as Larry Ludman).

Plot line:
A group of disgruntled Vietnam vets, led by Mike (Ethan Wayne), Roger (Christopher Connelly) and James (John Steiner) decide to go back to ‘Nam and find, then free, missing POW’s. Once “in country”, they get their guns and ammo from Father Lenoir (Donald Pleasence), a priest willing to help the “five men against all”, to quote the Italian title of the film. Once loaded up with their supplies, it’s like the war never ended, as Viet Cong soldiers battle them every step of the way to protect their camps, seemingly unaware that there had been a ten-year break in the action. Naturally, the discovery of the POW’s leads to a government conspiracy that goes all the way to the top - and is the gruff Colonel Mortimer (Mitchell) involved? Will the men free the hostages and make it back home? And if they do, what then?

Operation Nam (or Cobra Mission) is a standard jungle action/drama you’ve seen before, but it does have its moments, as well as a cast familiar to anyone who loves Italian exploitation films. Besides familiar faces Steiner, Connelly, and Luciano Pigozzi (AKA Alan Collins), there are cameos by Enzo G. Castellari and Ennio Girolami, and the whole affair was directed by Fabrizio De Angelis (the infamous “Larry Ludman”).

Cast:
Ethan Wayne as Mike
Christopher Connelly as Roger Carson
John Steiner as James Walcott
Donald Pleasence as Father Lenoir
Oliver Tobias as Richard Wagner
Manfred Lehmann as Mark Adams
Gordon Mitchell as Col. Mortimer
Luciano Pigozzi as Phil Lawson's Father
Enzo G. Castellari as Major Morris

Operation Nam was released in West Germany as Die Rückkehr der Wildgänse on July 31, 1986.

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