Friendly Fire
David Greene1980-11-09
In war, the only thing worse than death is not knowing the truth.
7.5
147 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Carol Burnett | Peg Mullen | Unowned |
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Ned Beatty | Gene Mullen | Unowned |
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Dennis Erdman | Michael E. Mullen | Unowned |
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Sherry Hursey | Patricia Mullen | Unowned |
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Timothy Hutton | John Mullen | Unowned |
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Fanny Spiess | Mary Mullen | Unowned |
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Steve Bonino | Cactus | Unowned |
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Henry Brown | Unowned | |
|
Cosie Costa | Unowned | |
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Hilly Hicks | Willis Huddleston | Unowned |
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John Hillner | Unowned | |
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Kevin Hooks | Polk | Unowned |
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David Keith | Leroy Hamilton | Unowned |
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Mark Montgomery | Unowned | |
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Dan Shor | Prince | Unowned |
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Mark L. Taylor | Capt. Bannock | Unowned |
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Bernard Behrens | Dietrich | Unowned |
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Jorge Cervera Jr. | Unowned | |
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Woody Eney | Unowned | |
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William Jordan | Col. Byron Schindler | Unowned |
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Joe Lowry | Unowned | |
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Joseph G. Medalis | Unowned | |
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Jack Rader | Sgt. Fitzgerald | Unowned |
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Vernon Weddle | Col. Georgi | Unowned |
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Phillip R. Allen | Ralph Jenner | Unowned |
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Nicolas Coster | Carl | Unowned |
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Charles Cyphers | Tom Loomis | Unowned |
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Macon McCalman | Unowned | |
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Sierra Pecheur | Mrs. Hamilton | Unowned |
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Ford Rainey | Mr. Hamilton | Unowned |
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Jenny Sullivan | Mrs. Bryan | Unowned |
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Robert Wahler | Alan Hulting | Unowned |
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Sam Waterston | C.D.B. Bryan | Unowned |
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Norman Bartold | Unowned | |
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William Bogert | Unowned | |
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Michael Bond | Unowned | |
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Robert Broyles | Unowned | |
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Michael Flanagan | Father Shimon | Unowned |
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Mary Gregory | Unowned | |
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Jerry Hardin | Unowned | |
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Warren Munson | Unowned | |
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Wyatt Knight | (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Frank Bruno | (uncredited) | Unowned |