Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, like Emmett, all have problems of one kind or another that relate to their war experiences. Samantha becomes obsessed with finding out about her father.
Cast
Bruce Willis
Emmett Smith
Emily Lloyd
Samantha Hughes
Joan Allen
Irene
Kevin Anderson
Lonnie
John Terry
Tom
Peggy Rea
Mamaw
Judith Ivey
Anita
Richard Hamilton
Grampaw
Stephen Tobolowsky
Pete
Jim Beaver
Earl Smith
Daniel H. Jenkins
Dwayne Hughes
Patricia Richardson
Cindy
Charlie Lamb
Veteran at dance
Heidi Swedberg
Dawn
Ken Jenkins
Jim Holly
Jonathan Hogan
Larry
Kimberly Faith Jones
Donna
Don Young
Speaker
Mark Sawyer-Dailey
Drug Store Manager
Linda Kinard
Drug Store Cashier
W.G. Harvey
Reverend
Rebecca Reynolds
Nurse
Erin Hendley
Irene's Baby
Tyler Cote Fraysher
Donna's Baby
Gena Colley
Marlene
Belinda Coatley
Belinda
Hazel Elliott
Volunteer
Walter Spann
Hotshot
Terry Draper
Soldier
Steve Frogue
Soldier
Jim Gaines
Soldier
Rod Hightower
Soldier
Greg Smothers
Soldier
Charlie Lamb
Veteran at dance
Earl Cole
Veteran at dance
Clovis Lovelance Sr.
Veteran at dance
Michael Mayes
Veteran at dance
Larry McCullaugh
Veteran at dance
Ken Sigers
Veteran at dance
Mike Smith
Veteran at dance
Tom Stratton
Veteran at dance
Mike Swinford
Veteran at dance
Crew
Norman Jewison
Director, Producer
Frank Pierson
Screenplay
Cynthia Cidre
Screenplay
Bobbie Ann Mason
Novel
Lou Lombardo
Editor
Antony Gibbs
Editor
Russell Boyd
Director of Photography
Charles Mulvehill
Executive Producer
Richard N. Roth
Producer
Michael Jewison
Associate Producer
Jackson De Govia
Production Design
Howard Feuer
Casting
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costume Design
James Horner
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Thomas L. Roysden
Set Decoration
John R. Jensen
Art Direction
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