Friendly Fire

IMDb link: 0079177
IMDb rating: 7.2 (513 votes)
Genres: Drama, War
Director: David Greene
Cast: Ned Beatty, Carol Burnett, Sherry Hursey, Dennis Erdman and others

Release date: 22 Apr 1979
Release year: 1979
Runtime: 147 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: social commentary, original author as character, irish american, catholic, vietnam, 1970s, friendly fire, iowa, dead son, year 1970

Plot:

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.

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