• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1980-11-09
  • Runtime147 minutes
  • TaglineIn war, the only thing worse than death is not knowing the truth.
  • RevenueNot Available
  • GenreDrama, War, TV Movie
  • Production
    CompaniesMarble Arch Productions, ABC
  • BudgetNot Available

Movie Overview

In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." Their determined attempts to learn more about the circumstances of their son's death are the subject of this true account film.

Casts

Carol Burnett

Ned Beatty

Dennis Erdman

Sherry Hursey

Timothy Hutton

Steve Bonino

Henry Brown

Hilly Hicks

John Hillner

Kevin Hooks

David Keith

Dan Shor

Mark L. Taylor

Bernard Behrens

Jorge Cervera Jr.

William Jordan

Joseph G. Medalis

Jack Rader

Vernon Weddle

Phillip R. Allen

Nicolas Coster

Charles Cyphers

Macon McCalman

Sierra Pecheur

Ford Rainey

Sam Waterston

Norman Bartold

William Bogert

Mary Gregory

Jerry Hardin

Warren Munson