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22 April 1979 (USA) morePlot:
When they try to learn how how their son died in Vietnam, the Mullens meet lies and evasion on all sides. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Friendly fire a trashy movie more (8 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Carol Burnett | ... | Peg Mullen |
 | Ned Beatty | ... | Gene Mullen |
 | Sam Waterston | ... | C.D. Bryan |
 | Dennis Erdman | ... | Michael E. Mullen |
 | Timothy Hutton | ... | John Mullen |
| Fanny Spiess | ... | Mary Mullen |
| Sherry Hursey | ... | Patricia Mullen |
| Michael Flanagan | ... | Father Shimon |
| Hilly Hicks | ... | Willis Huddleston |
| William Jordan | ... | Col. Byron Schindler |
| Vernon Weddle | ... | Col. Georgi |
| Jack Rader | ... | Sgt. Fitzgerald |
| Robert Wahler | ... | Alan Hulting |
 | David Keith | ... | Leroy Hamilton |
| Bernard Behrens | ... | Dietrich |
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Peg Mullen, an author and former Iowa farm wife who hounded the U.S. military to find the truth about her son's death in Vietnam and was portrayed by Carol Burnett, died on Oct. 3, 2009 at the age of 92. moreFAQ
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This movie was made solely to discredit the Military. Friendly fire is a fact of life and has happened in every war. It is unavoidable.
That said, the movie went out of its way to discredit the Military as a bumbling bunch of nitwits trying to hide the real truth from the American people, and the poor Mullens were lied to and given the old run around to prevent them from finding out the truth.
To say it doesn't happen would be untrue, it does but not to the extent that was portrayed in the movie.
When the Military plays fast and loose with the truth Hollywood is the quick to point it out, but when Hollywood plays with the truth and stretches to the point of being absurd no one says a word.
The movie, except for the acting was trash.