Friendly Fire

original title:
Friendly Fire
country / year of production:
USA / 1979
original length:
147 min. , color
premiere:
genre:
TV-film
based on:
director:
David Greene
film script:
C.D.B. Bryan , Fay Kanin
producer:
Martin Starger
cinematographer:
Harry J. May
editor:
composer:
Leonard Rosenman
cast (role):
Carol Burnett (Peg Mullen ) , Ned Beatty (Gene Mullen ) , Sam Waterston (C.D.B. Bryan ) , Dennis Erdman (Michael E. Mullen ) , Timothy Hutton (John Mullen ) , Ned Beatty , Carol Burnett , Sam Waterston , Dennis Erdman , Timothy Hutton
more:
plot synopsis:
In march 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrives at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen to inform them that their son serving in an infantry unit in Vietnam has been killed by "friendly fire." They are determined to learn more about the circumstances of their son's death.
keywords:
friendly fire
war:
Vietnam War (1946-1975)
literature:
remarks:
availability:
Video NTSC