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Captain Phillips (2013) · A Cinematic Collection

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Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips

8/10Watched 20232h 14mThriller · Action · DramaReleased 2013

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Director

Paul Greengrass

Cast

Tom Hanks
Captain Richard Phillips
Barkhad Abdi
Muse
Barkhad Abdirahman
Bilal
Faysal Ahmed
Najee
Mahat M. Ali
Elmi
Michael Chernus
Shane Murphy
David Warshofsky
Mike Perry
Corey Johnson
Ken Quinn

Plot overview

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

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