Friendly Fire (1980)

7.5/10 147 min Drama War TV 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.

Cast

Carol Burnett

Peg Mullen

Ned Beatty

Gene Mullen

Dennis Erdman

Michael E. Mullen

Sherry Hursey

Patricia Mullen

Timothy Hutton

John Mullen

Steve Bonino

Cactus

Hilly Hicks

Willis Huddleston

John Hillner

Kevin Hooks

Polk

David Keith

Leroy Hamilton

Dan Shor

Prince

Mark L. Taylor

Capt. Bannock

Bernard Behrens

Dietrich

Jorge Cervera Jr.

William Jordan

Col. Byron Schindler

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