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.
Cast
Carol Burnett
Peg Mullen
Ned Beatty
Gene Mullen
Dennis Erdman
Michael E. Mullen
Sherry Hursey
Patricia Mullen
Timothy Hutton
John Mullen
Fanny Spiess
Mary Mullen
Steve Bonino
Cactus
Henry Brown
Unknown
Cosie Costa
Unknown
Hilly Hicks
Willis Huddleston
John Hillner
Unknown
Kevin Hooks
Polk
David Keith
Leroy Hamilton
Mark Montgomery
Unknown
Dan Shor
Prince
Mark L. Taylor
Capt. Bannock
Bernard Behrens
Dietrich
Jorge Cervera Jr.
Unknown
Woody Eney
Unknown
William Jordan
Col. Byron Schindler
Joe Lowry
Unknown
Joseph G. Medalis
Unknown
Jack Rader
Sgt. Fitzgerald
Vernon Weddle
Col. Georgi
Phillip R. Allen
Ralph Jenner
Nicolas Coster
Carl
Charles Cyphers
Tom Loomis
Macon McCalman
Unknown
Sierra Pecheur
Mrs. Hamilton
Ford Rainey
Mr. Hamilton
Jenny Sullivan
Mrs. Bryan
Robert Wahler
Alan Hulting
Sam Waterston
C.D.B. Bryan
Norman Bartold
Unknown
William Bogert
Unknown
Michael Bond
Unknown
Robert Broyles
Unknown
Michael Flanagan
Father Shimon
Mary Gregory
Unknown
Jerry Hardin
Unknown
Warren Munson
Unknown
Wyatt Knight
(uncredited)
Frank Bruno
(uncredited)
Crew
David Greene
Director
Fay Kanin
Teleplay, Co-Producer
C.D.B. Bryan
Book
Michael Economou
Editor
Harry J. May
Director of Photography
Thom Anable
First Assistant Director
Ric Rondell
First Assistant Director
Kate Tilley
Second Assistant Director
Kathleen Long
Production Coordinator
Martin Starger
Executive Producer
Philip Barry Jr.
Producer
James Potter
Post Production Supervisor
Jane Feinberg
Casting
Mike Fenton
Casting
Ernest Misko
Costume Design
Linda Serijan
Costume Design
Annette Gagnon
Costumer
Monique DeSart
Hairstylist
Jeffrey Hamilton
Makeup Artist
John Bosco
Sound Mixer
Andrew Gilmore
Sound Mixer
Bill Wistrom
Sound Effects
Leonard Rosenman
Original Music Composer
Jim Henrikson
Music Editor
Chuck Rutherford
Set Decoration
Betty Goldberg
Script Supervisor
Terry Ballard
Property Master
Mack Bing
Unit Production Manager
Richard L. O'Connor
Executive In Charge Of Production
Kirk Axtell
Art Direction
Lawrence G. Paull
Art Direction
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